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поиск по ресурсному центру Over the past 5 years, about 68.1% of HIV cases in Armenia have been linked to labor migration. More than half of infected people (56.6%) brought the disease from other countries, in particular, from the Russian Federation. Another 11.5% of PLWH got infected from migrants.
If an Armenian migrant is identified as HIV-positive in the Russian Federation, a labor migrant gets under the threat of deportation. Permits for a long-term stay or work are issued to citizens from the CIS countries only if the certificate of HIV/AIDS negative status has been presented. Moreover, if the person is diagnosed HIV-positive during his residence in Russia, he will be deported to his homeland.
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Following the accession of Armenia into the Eurasian Economic Union on January 2, 2015, the rules regulating sojourn and work of Armenians in the territory of the EEU member states (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia) were slackened. The citizens of Armenia must conclude an employment contract with the company or an individual employer (a contract with an individual, for example, may involve being hired as a gardener, nurse, nanny, etc.) in order to be legally allowed to stay and work in the EEU countries. Having concluded the contract, the migrant worker and members of his family are authorized to legally stay in this country. Thus, citizens of Armenia are no longer required to have a work permit or to obtain a patent in order to carry out their labor activities in the specified countries. They must submit a document or license from the workplace to the territorial migration department, after which a respective mark is made in their migration card. It remains valid for a year, after which the term can be extended for another year. Citizens of Armenia are released on Russian territory from passing exams on Russian language, history, culture and Russian law. They do not need to submit medical certificates about the state of health (for HIV, AIDS positive status, certificate from a narcologist, etc.).
Foreign citizens residing in the Republic of Armenia and registered at the Republican AIDS Center receive medical care on an equal basis with the citizens of Armenia, if they have a permission from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia. Foreign citizens who have a special residence status and are registered with the AIDS Center receive medical assistance on an equal basis with the citizens of Armenia.
During 2011-2017, 53 foreigners were referred to the Republican Center for AIDS Prevention by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia. All foreign citizens were enrolled for dispensary registration and received free medical assistance. By the end of January 2018, 29 foreign citizens receive free medical assistance at the AIDS Center, including ART.
In 2009, amendments and additions were made to the law “On the Prevention of the Disease Caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus”. The amendments were made to Article 7 of the law, which determined that foreign citizens and stateless persons receiving a visa to stay in Armenia for a period more than 3 months, should submit a certificate of having tested for HIV.
The amendments modified the wording of Art. 8 of the Law, which now stipulates, that if foreign citizens and stateless persons are diagnosed HIV-positive on the territory of the Republic of Armenia, their treatment is organized in accordance with the procedure established by law.
Foreign citizens and stateless persons infected with HIV may enter Armenia to obtain treatment in accordance with the procedure established by the government of the country. Prior to that, foreign citizens and stateless persons who were in the territory of the Republic of Armenia were subjected to deportation, if they were identified as HIV-positive.
