Clinical Management
Clinical Management
HIV in the United Kingdom
See also: HIV/AIDS in Western Europe
Statistics
- Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland) (PDF) (2008)
From UNAIDS, UNICEF and World Health Organization - New HIV Cases in Ireland Increase by 21%, Health Protection Surveillance Center Says (February 28, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV Prevalence High, Unsafe Sex Common Among MSM in British Cities (August 1, 2007)
In STI Online - The Characterization of a Recent Syphilis Outbreak in Sheffield, U.K., and an Evaluation of Contact Tracing as a Method of Control (July 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Drug-Resistant HIV Transmission Is Falling Steadily in United Kingdom (May 1, 2007)
From aidsmap.com - Hepatitis B and C: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment (February, 2007)
From 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant HIV Will Not Become More Frequent in United Kingdom Through 2010, Statistical Model Suggests (February 8, 2006)
In The 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - Liver Disease Is Now Leading Cause of Death Among HIV-Positive British Hemophiliacs (September 22, 2005)
From aidsmap.com - Increasing Detection of Asymptomatic Syphilis in London HIV Patients (August 15, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Scotland on Track to Exceed Highest Annual Number of New HIV Cases (August 5, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV Prevalence Up Significantly Since 1997 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Heterosexual Transmission More Common Than Homosexual Transmission in 2003 (July 25, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - United Kingdom: Teenagers "Still Avoid Condoms" (May 25, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Hepatitis C Rate May Be Underestimated in United Kingdom, Specialist Asserts (March 4, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - British Survey Suggests HIV Infection Through Oral Sex Is Small, but Real, Risk (August 5, 2004)
A large survey of HIV-positive gay men in the United Kingdom finds that about 3% say oral sex was their only possible risk factor for HIV.
From aidsmap.com - One Third of HIV-Infected British Men Who Have Sex With Men Unaware of Infection (June 2, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - HIV Awareness Has Fallen Among British Teens, Study Finds (May 18, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - United Kingdom: Migrants Not Spreading Tuberculosis to Native Population (April 20, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Gay Men Still Rely on Disclosure to Avoid HIV (January 20, 2004)
Among many unsettling findings, this large UK survey reveals that a common HIV prevention strategy for gay men is to simply have faith that their HIV-positive partners will always disclose their status before sex.
From aidsmap.com - Impact of the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa on the Pattern of HIV in the UK (August 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Great Britain: Youngsters Who Sleep Around Risk Infertility Explosion (August 7, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Syphilis Rates Soar in Britain (August 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Chlamydia Prevalent in Young U.K. Men; Screening Important (June 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Scotland: Big Rise in Pregnant Women With HIV (April 23, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Rates of Genital Herpes Infections Rise in Scotland (August 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
News
- British Resort Town Shocked by News of Local HIV Outbreak (May 6, 2006)
In The Guardian - Crystal Meth Little Used by Gay Men in Britain, but More Popular Among HIVers (April 27, 2006)
From aidsmap.com - New British Insurance Association Guidelines Say Questions About Sexuality Cannot Be Asked to Determine HIV Risk (October 4, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Britain's HIV Epidemic Started From More Than One Person (March 15, 2005)
HIV may have first arrived in the United Kingdom through six separate "chains" of transmission.
From BBC News - British Doctors Call for Free Nationwide HIV Treatment (March 8, 2005)
A new report says that the government should consider HIV care to be a human right, and calls for HIV's reclassification as a sexually transmitted disease.
In The Guardian - Will Britain's New Discrimination Laws Help HIVers? (October 2, 2004)
An analysis of the United Kingdom's recently expanded disability discrimination laws, which now apply to every single employer in the commonwealth.
From BBC News - United Kingdom Ignores HIV at Home, Activists Say (August 8, 2004)
UK AIDS advocates are upset that their government continues to focus so heavily on the global AIDS pandemic, despite the fact that HIV rates in the UK are once again rising.
From BBC News - British Court Blunder Causes Witness to Learn of HIV Status During Trial (May 25, 2004)
From BBC News - Warning Over Immigrant HIV Tests (January 2, 2004)
Experts raise a red flag over British plans requiring all new immigrants to receive HIV testing.
From BBC News - HIV Hemophiliacs: "Too Easy to Forget" (December 2, 2003)
Meet Robert James, one of more than 1,200 British hemophiliacs who received HIV-infected blood products in the 1980s.
From BBC News - London: Most Women Unaware of HPV, Cancer Link (August 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - HIV-Positive Asylum Seekers "Overwhelm" British Hospitals (June 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Holiday Sex Spreads Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea in UK (June 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - England: "Public Health Crisis" Over Sexual Infections (April 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Embrace: A Collaborative Approach to HIV Health Promotion for African Communities in the U.K. (July 11, 2002)
In The XIV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
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