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No restrictions for people with HIV/AIDS.

HIV-specific entry and residence regulations for Belgium

There are no specific entry or residency regulations for people with HIV/AIDS. No HIV test result is required when entering the country. A known HIV infection will not lead to deportation or the termination of a person's stay. 

A health certificate stating absence of a transmittable disease that would present a danger for public health is required from non-EU residency permit applicants. 

If other departments have requested or performed HIV-tests, the results will not be taken into account by the Foreign Ministry. 

(Source: 1) 

A residency permit can be granted regardless of HIV infection. The following conditions can be grounds for denying such a permit:

• Illnesses that require the patient to be under quarantine (as defined by WHO guidelines from May 25, 1951).
• Active tuberculosis
• Syphilis
• Transmittable infectious conditions or contagious parasitic diseases. 

(Source: 2)

 

HIV treatment information for Belgium

The quality of medical care in Belgium is on the level of Western Europe. This is also true for HIV/AIDS treatment. Some hospitals have departments specialised in AIDS care. These departments employ trained medical and counselling staff. 

• Aidsreferentiecentrum Antwerpen
  Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
  Nationalestraat 155
  2000 Antwerpen
  Phone: (03) 247 6465
   
• Aidsreferentiecentrum Leuven
  Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg
  Herestraat 49
  3000 Leuven
  Phone: (016) 33 2211
   
• Aidsreferentiecentrum Gent
  Universitair Ziekenhuis
  Poli 2, 1ste verdieping
  De Pintelaan 185
  9000 Gent 
  Phone: (09) 240 2681
   
• Aidsreferentiecentrum VUB
  Universitair Ziekenhuis
  Vrije Universiteit Brussel (V.U.B.)
  Laarbeeklaan 101
  1090 Brussel 
  Phone: (02) 477 4111
   
• Centre de référence de l'ULB (CETIM)
  C.H.U. St.-Pierre
  Rue Haute 322
  1000 Bruxelles 
  Phone: (02) 535 3177
   
• Centre de référence de l'UCL
  Hôpital Saint-Luc
  Avenue Hippocrate 10
  1020 Bruxelles 
  Phone: (02) 764 3669
   
• Centre de référence de l'ULB
  Hôpital Erasme
  Route de Lennik 808
  1070 Bruxelles 
  Phone: (02) 555 4536
   
• Centre de référence de l'Université de Liège
  C.H.U. de Liège
  Policlinique L. Brull, 5e étage
  Quai Godefroid Kurth 45
  4020 Liège
  Phone: (04) 366 7111
   
• Centre de référence de l'Université de Charleroi
  Centre Arthur Rimbaud
  Bd. Janson 92
  6000 Charleroi
  Phone: (071) 23 2170

(Sources: 3)

 

HIV information / HIV NGOs in Belgium

Updated information is available through the aidsmap search engine at www.aidsmap.com/en/orgs/ux/default.asp

 

Global Criminalisation of HIV Transmission Scan

The Global Criminalisation Scan is an initiative of GNP+. It aims to collect and keep up to date information on national and state level laws criminalising the transmission of or exposure to HIV. It also aims to provide an easily accessible ‘clearing-house’ of resources, research, and initiatives on the subject and to provide a platform for advocacy initiatives.

Find out more about the scan and the criminalisation of HIV transmission legislation at http://criminalisation.gnpplus.net/.

 

Key HIV resources for Belgium

1. Inge Vervotte, Foreign Minister, in reply to a question from the Senate, February 14th, 2008 (forwarded by Koen Block, Sensoa Antwerp, March 12, 2008, by e-mail)
2. Benoît Blondel, MSF Brussels, January 31, 2005 (Art 7, L 1996-07-15/33, art. 11, 012)
3. Koen Block, Sensoa Antwerp, March 26, 2008

 

updated: 3/26/2008
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