Refugees and HIV

1. Challenges

1.1. settlement

1.2. vulnerability

1.3. multiple barriers

2. Refugee Status

2.1. rape or torture as tool of conflict

2.2. Canadian criteria

2.2.1. claimant

2.2.2. government-assisted

2.2.2.1. convention

2.2.3. privately sponsored

2.2.3.1. family class

2.2.4. undocumented

2.3. humanitarian/compassionate grounds

2.4. persecution of homosexuality abroad

3. Health Realities

3.1. pharmaceuticals and drug access

3.2. public health threat?

3.3. public knowledge

4. Stigma of HIV

4.1. discretion of immigration officials

4.2. hesitancy to disclose

4.3. hesitancy to seek support

5. Governmental Policy

5.1. Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

5.2. burden of care and the "public purse"

5.3. medical inadmissability

5.4. government of the day

5.5. Interim Federal Health Program

6. Ethics of HIV

6.1. mobility

6.2. mandatory testing

6.3. human rights

6.4. disclosure