World AIDS Day
A debate has been scheduled in the Commons Chamber for Thursday 1 December on World AIDS Day. The subject for the debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, and the debate will be opened by Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP.
Documents to download
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HIV and AIDS statistics: UK (173 KB , PDF)
HIV and AIDS statistics: UK. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2210.
This note summarises recent statistics on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and also includes a POSTBOX on HIV Infection and Treatment.
Section 1 describes how the numbers of those diagnosed with and those dying from HIV/AIDS in the UK have changed over time.
The characteristics that put people most at risk of HIV are considered in Sections 2 and the manner and place in which individuals with HIV acquire their infection in examined in Section 3. The general prevalence of HIV, and levels of awareness of infection, are examined in Section 4. International statistics on HIV and AIDS are briefly considered in Section 5, while Section 6 looks at public knowledge and attitudes to the disease.
Documents to download
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HIV and AIDS statistics: UK (173 KB , PDF)
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