Large rise in HIV diagnosis (From Daily Echo)
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Large rise in HIV diagnosis
11:30am Tuesday 29th November 2011 in News
Large rise in HIV diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS of HIV has soared by more than 20 per cent in the past ten years across the south.
New figures revealed today show that there were 319 people newly diagnosed with the disease in the south central region, which covers Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, up by 21 per cent from 2001.
In total there were 3,436 people in HIV care last year, more than three-and-a-half times the 2001 total of 937.
Experts put the increase in diagnosis down to a combination of factors, including the fact that more people are getting tested and the failure of others to take precautions with new partners.
Comments(3)
Condor Man
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12:04pm Tue 29 Nov 11
fuzzyfelt
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5:47pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Goldenwight says...
11:58am Tue 29 Nov 11
WHY are more people getting the disease- it is totally preventable (OK, I accept that there are sometimes accidental infections such as the blood transfusions of the 1980s.) That is the point that needs addressing, not the fact that there are more sufferers.
Make no mistake, there is only one effective treatment for HIV and that is prevention of infection. Since the disease and its causes are well documented, we need to establish the reason for continued growth.