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May 7th, 2009, 19:31
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8037715.stm
Too many young people are unaware of the risks of HIV, Unicef has warned.
Those aged 16 to 24 account for 10% of all new diagnoses in the UK and young men who have sex with men are most at risk, a report said.
The UK has the highest number of new HIV infections in Western Europe - more than 7,700 in 2007.
We need to up the level of public information on HIV and it's partly about encouraging safe sex
Globally, girls and young women remain far more vulnerable to HIV infection than young men, accounting for two-thirds of the 5.5 million 15 to 24-year-olds with HIV worldwide.
"HIV can be best avoided through a three-pronged approach - by making sure people have the right information, can access health services, and get protection when they need it," she added.
"We need to up the level of public information on HIV and it's partly about encouraging safe sex
"By next year there will be 100,000 people living with HIV in the UK and one in four of those are undiagnosed and we need to support those who are undiagnosed to get tested."
"That is why we continue to provide funding for the Terrence Higgins Trust and for the African HIV Policy Network for work with the groups most at risk of HIV in the UK - gay men, and African communities.
"This is additional to our Condom Essential Wear campaign and joint awareness campaigns with the Department for Children, Schools and Families for young people which target other sexually transmitted infections."
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So no talk of circumcision - that is a bonus
-finman (http://www.foreskin-restoration.net/forum/member.php?u=1450)
Too many young people are unaware of the risks of HIV, Unicef has warned.
Those aged 16 to 24 account for 10% of all new diagnoses in the UK and young men who have sex with men are most at risk, a report said.
The UK has the highest number of new HIV infections in Western Europe - more than 7,700 in 2007.
We need to up the level of public information on HIV and it's partly about encouraging safe sex
Globally, girls and young women remain far more vulnerable to HIV infection than young men, accounting for two-thirds of the 5.5 million 15 to 24-year-olds with HIV worldwide.
"HIV can be best avoided through a three-pronged approach - by making sure people have the right information, can access health services, and get protection when they need it," she added.
"We need to up the level of public information on HIV and it's partly about encouraging safe sex
"By next year there will be 100,000 people living with HIV in the UK and one in four of those are undiagnosed and we need to support those who are undiagnosed to get tested."
"That is why we continue to provide funding for the Terrence Higgins Trust and for the African HIV Policy Network for work with the groups most at risk of HIV in the UK - gay men, and African communities.
"This is additional to our Condom Essential Wear campaign and joint awareness campaigns with the Department for Children, Schools and Families for young people which target other sexually transmitted infections."
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So no talk of circumcision - that is a bonus
-finman (http://www.foreskin-restoration.net/forum/member.php?u=1450)