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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
Study Finds "Mini-Epidemics" of HIV in London (March 18, 2008)
From BBC News
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
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
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
HIV Diagnosis "Leads to Poverty" in United Kingdom (September 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Over a Third of Syphilis Cases in Manchester Involve HIV-Positive Gay Men, and Oral Sex Key to Spread (August 19, 2003)
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
Bacterial STIs More Common in HIV-Positive Gay Men Since HAART (July 24, 2003)
An increasing number of sexually transmitted diseases among British gay men with HIV -- and the finding that most of these men also had detectable HIV viral loads -- raises concerns about the possible transmission of drug-resistant HIV.
From aidsmap.com
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
Very High STD Rate Seen in Southeast London Girls (October 7, 2002)
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
African Patients Push British HIV Figures to New Record (July 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scotland: Number of Syphilis Cases Triples Since 1999 (July 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United Kingdom: Dumped Needles Pose Health Threat (April 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wales: Rise in HIV Cases Prompts Tests for Pregnant Women (April 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Figures Suggest Worsening Public Complacency of HIV Threat in Britain (December 1, 2000)
From National AIDS Trust
United Kingdom AIDS News
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British Justice System Recklessly Enforcing HIV Transmission Laws, Advocates Say (July 18, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
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
AIDS Scandal Survivors Demand New Payout (April 16, 2006)
In The Observer
Brits Infected With HIV & Hepatitis C Through Contaminated Blood Continue Fight for Justice (April 16, 2006)
In The Observer
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
Warning as Sex Disease LGV Reaches United Kingdom; HIV-Positive Men Are Majority of European Cases (February 9, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
United Kingdom: Youth Can Now Get Hi-Tech Sex Advice (January 27, 2004)
Touch-screen computers with sexual health advice find their way into Sheffield-area schools.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United Kingdom: Safe Sex Drive Goes Undercover (January 23, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
"He Played With My Life" (October 14, 2003)
One of the women "deliberately" infected with HIV by Mohammed Dica has said her "sentence has just begun" -- this week in England, Dica was convicted on two counts of causing "biological" grievous bodily harm.
From BBC News
England: Schools to Test for Sex Diseases: Pilot Scheme Follows Sharp Rise in Infection Rate (September 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TB Soars Among Young Black Africans in UK (August 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Britain Urged to Test Immigrants for HIV (August 19, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Great Britain: HIV Student to Be Deported "to Her Death" in Malawi (August 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
U.K. Should Not Implement Mandatory HIV Testing for Asylum Seekers, Parliamentary Report Says (July 17, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Brothers in Arms (July/August 2003)
Black and gay in London: Can you be both, or are you forced to choose?.
In Positive Nation
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
Elton John Urges Britons on Safe Sex (June 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
British Lawmakers Warn of Sexual Health Crisis (June 11, 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
Britain to Screen Malawians Seeking Health Jobs for HIV, Other Diseases (June 2, 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
United Kingdom: Insurance Firms to End Sexual History Questions (December 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Black Britain Urged to Accept Gay Men (November 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Great Britain: Fear Fuels TB Spread (November 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United Kingdom: Festive Sex Ads Warn "It Could Be You" (November 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
London: Warning Over Soaring TB Cases; Adviser Wants Sanatoriums to Treat Victims (October 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United Kingdom: Fighting Chlamydia, a Silent Disease (October 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
British Safe Sex Campaign Targets Reckless Youth (August 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
British Surgeons Demand Right to Test Their Patients for HIV Infection (July 30, 2002)
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
Scotland: Sex Education Has Little Effect on Teenage Lifestyles (June 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Good Understanding: United Kingdom AIDS Charity Drive to Attract Black African and Gay Volunteers (June 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United Kingdom: Sex Disease Clinics "Cannot Cope" (May 30, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Elton John Blasts British Prime Minister on AIDS Prevention (May 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Positive Speakers Urge Britain to Wake Up to HIV/AIDS Pandemic (May 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scotland: Children's Fears for HIV Parents (March 21, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scotland: Charity Targets HIV Prejudice (March 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV and AIDS in the UK: An Epidemiological Review (PDF) (2000)
From Public Health Laboratory Service

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