Gay men in UK urged to have at least one HIV test a year Aidsmap

Gay News Blog  Mar 28 08

Gay men in the UK are being urged to have an HIV test at least once a year. The recommendation comes from the UK Health Protection Agency which published figures showing continuing high levels of new HIV diagnoses amongst gay men in 2007. There were a total of 6,840 new HIV diagnoses in the UK in 2007. Although this represented a fall of approximately 1,400 in the total number compared to 2006, new diagnoses amongst gay men were essentially unchanged at 2,630. This is the third successive year that new HIV diagnoses amongst gay men have been above 2,600. In the early and mid-1990s approximately 1,500 gay men a year were diagnosed with HIV. Full story...

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