Criminalization of people living with HIV abolished in Belarus
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Criminalization of people living with HIV abolished in Belarus

A historic moment for Belarus community of people living with HIV – on Dec 19, the most important amendment to article 157 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus was adopted. This amendment removes the responsibility of an HIV-positive person who has warned ...

December 20, 2018
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Belarus pilot project shows the way to people-centred TB services 588

Belarus is among the 9 countries in the WHO European Region with the highest burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). In the Brest region of south-west Belarus, the challenge of MDR-TB is well recognized by physicians and health-care authorities. Treatment for MDR-TB is long and difficult, ...

May 18, 2018
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Belarus NGOs will engage in re-socialization of former prisoners
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Belarus NGOs will engage in re-socialization of former prisoners

On October 23 in Minsk, the Belarusian Community of PLWH took part in a roundtable discussion on the practical implementation of the state social contract for providing resocialization services to persons released from prisons. The practice of implementing the state social contracting in Belarus exists since ...

October 31, 2017
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Belarusian legislation discriminates the HIV-positive people
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Belarusian legislation discriminates the HIV-positive people

For the six months of 2017, in all regions of Belarus, especially in Gomel region, the number of criminal prosecution increased drastically for cases of HIV-positive people by Article 157 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (infecting a person with human immunodeficiency virus).

October 06, 2017
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