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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
If you are visiting Paraguay as a short-term visitor tourist, you do not need take an HIV test or show any medical records. However, if you're a foreigner and plan to apply for permanent residency, you will need to take an HIV test. If you are found to be HIV positive, you will only be granted residency if you pay for your own medication. As reported by HIVTravel, "The Migration Department informed us by telephone that the presence of foreigners with infectious diseases is not tolerated. In reality, people with HIV/AIDS get a residency permit if they can prove that they can bear the cost of treatment themselves, without the support of public funds. They do this in order not to discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS, but it is not a legal entitlement."<ref>[http://www.hivtravel.org/Default.aspx?PageId=143&CountryId=142 PARAGUAY - REGULATIONS ON ENTRY, STAY AND RESIDENCE FOR PLHIV]</ref> | |||
There are an estimated 17,000 adults (between the ages of 15 and 49) who are living with HIV in Paraguay, which is 0.4% of the population, according to 2015 data.<ref>[http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/paraguay UNAIDS: Paraguay]</ref> | |||
====Support | Regarding HPV, according to the HPV Information Centre, "Cervical cancer ranks as the 2nd most frequent cancer among women in Paraguay and the 1st most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age. About 4.8% of women in the general population are estimated to harbour cervical HPV-16/18 infection at a given time, and 59.1% of invasive cervical cancers are attributed to HPVs 16 or 18."<ref>[http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/PRY_FS.pdf Paraguay Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2016]</ref> | ||
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