title: South African Court: Military   cannot exclude HIV-positive people.
abstract: On May 16th, 2008, the High Court of South Africa ruled that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) HIV testing policy is unconstitutional because it excludes people living with HIV from recruitment, promotion or foreign deployment.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Utyasheva
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D013019:South Africa; D013315:Stress, Psychological