U.S. care of illegal immigrants with AIDS draws fire
Tagged: HIVPosted on: December 10th, 2007
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides inadequate care for illegal immigrant detainees with HIV or AIDS, according to a new report by a civil rights group.
The study by Human Rights Watch concluded that facilities failed to deliver complete anti-retroviral regimens consistently, failed to prescribe prophylactic medications to prevent infections and failed to ensure continuity of care when detainees transferred facilities.”*
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