Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues New Procedures for Identifying and Treating Active Tuberculosis December 20, 2010 On October 1, 2010, the U.S. Embassy’s panel physicians in India began implementing the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) 2007 Tuberculosis Technical Instructions which are required procedures for screening for all immigrant visa applicants, including adopted children. …
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Adoptive Families Magazine “A TB Regulation Victory”
Adoptive Families magazine December 2009 issue, Adoptalk New and Notes section, article “A TB Regulation Victory” contains several misleading statements. The article can be accessed here http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/news.php Tuberculosis screening criteria and regulations are complex. The statement “The regulations held adopted children to a higher standard than children born to American parents in another country, or even to tourists” has two …
Ethiopia Adoption NoticeU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues——————————————————————————– Adoption Processing at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa October 15, 2009 Taking into consideration recent allegations of misconduct in intercountry adoptions in Ethiopia the Department of State would like to remind adoptive parents that before an immigrant visa may be issued to an adopted child, a U.S. …
PEAR issues Position on Tuberculosis(TB) Management in International Adoptees
PEAR has issued a Position on Tuberculosis Management in International Adoptees due to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rollout of TB screening for immigrants that now includes adoptees aged 2 to 14 from the high-TB-prevalence countries of Ethiopia, China and Haiti. This position also addresses a summer petition issued by the Joint Council on International Children’s Services …