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U.S. to Treat Haitians Infected With HIV

The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, April 2, 1993, Word Count: 83

WASHINGTON - Thirty-six of some 250 Haitian refugees infected with the AIDS virus and detained at the U.S. naval base in Cuba will be brought to the United States for treatment, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

The department added, however, that the action was taken to comply with a court order issued last week and does not represent a change in policy.

The U.S. government has detained the refugees at a tent city at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than a year.

Keywords: REFUGEES--HAITI; HAITIANS--HEALTH; MEDICAL TREATMENTS; HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

KWDrefugees--haiti;haitians--health;medicaltreatments;humanimmunodeficiencyvirus;acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome
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