Important win! Health care exempted from reporting obligations
On November 26, the report on strengthening return operations was presented. Among other things, the report looked at whether and, if so, how authorities and public officials should report people who are in Sweden illegally.
Hiv-Sverige wrote already in the summer of 2023 that the proposal risks damaging the work with HIV/AIDS in Sweden, and that a duty to report would lead to increased vulnerability and social exclusion with poorer infection control as a result. https://www.hiv-sverige.se/.../opinon-angiveriskyldighet... Over the past year, we have also collaborated with other actors and courted decision-makers in the Government Offices and at events such as Almedalen to draw attention to the risks of the proposal.
The committee's proposal now exempts healthcare from the duty to report, and the government and the cooperation parties announced during today's press conference that they also support the committee's proposal. The reasons for exempting health care from the obligation to report are stated to be, among other things, people's right to receive care that cannot be postponed and a potential deterioration in the protection against infectious diseases.
HIV Sweden will continue to monitor the issue to ensure public health and that the rights of people living with HIV are strengthened.
Here is an interview we conducted with Sineva Ribeiro, President of the Swedish Medical Association, during Almedalen 2024.