The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #153828 Message #3606690
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
03-Mar-14 - 07:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: Discussion of HIV transmission.
Subject: RE: BS: Discussion of HIV transmission.
NHS Choices using HPA stats.
"The number of people with HIV in the UK is rising, and gay men are one of the highest risk groups.
Around 83,000 people in the UK are living with HIV. According to the Health Protection Agency, around a quarter (27%) of them don't know they have it.
Dr Valerie Deplech, an HIV expert at the Health Protection Agency, says: "We are seeing an ever-increasing pool of people living with HIV and AIDS in the UK." "