Elsewhere in England, the rate has risen from one
in 6,500 in 1998 to one in 3,700 in 2000. And in Scotland the prevalence
was one in 2,100 in 2000, twice as high as in 1999.
MPs get a taste of treatment
A group of MPs, doctors and HIV voluntary sector leaders discovered the
difficult reality of taking antiretroviral treatments last month. At a
dinner, organised by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, guests
were given a day's dummy (placebo) regime along with their venison so
that they could better understand the difficulties of adherence to HIV
medications.
Teens lobby for better sexual health
Teenagers from Sheffield lobbied parliament last month to campaign for
better sex education in schools, more emphasis on sexually-transmitted
infections and better access to sexual health information. Sheffield has
a higher rate of teenage pregnancies than the national average, which
itself has the highest rate in Europe. Public health minister Yvette Cooper
praised the group in the House of Commons for involving themselves to
produce an effective local sexual health strategy.
Welsh "ignorance" about sex
Sexual health expert Dr Olwen Williams has voiced concern about what she
calls an "ignorance" about sexually-transmitted infections (STIs)
in Wales. "I'm seeing a 25 per cent rise in chlamydia over the last
year with something like a 200 per cent rise over the past two years."
Wales has a higher rate of unplanned pregnancies than the rest of the
UK, and STIs have risen by 57 per cent in the province in the last 10
years,
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Dr Williams told the BBC.
