Latin American figures
I would like to thank you for your article 'Latins in Exile'
(PN, April).
The article, however, says there are more South Americans living with
HIV in London than back home. As there are about 1.5 million people living
with HIV in South America, I wonder how you arrived at your statistics.
José Resinente, Naz Brasil Co-Ordinator, London W6
[The first line of the piece should have read..."there may be
proportionately more Brazilians and South Americans living here with HIV
than back home." - ed]
Disillusioned of Liverpool
This year the agency I work for did a costing comparison over a period
of 10 years. In terms of HIV statutory funding, each person who used services
with us in 1992 had access to £2,514. In 2002 this figure now stands
at £633. It breaks my heart.
The last few meetings I have attended I have asked for breakdowns of where
local HIV monies have been spent. Answers have been incomprehensible on
occasions:
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"On the rent of a building for a national helpline service"
"Don't exactly know, but then we spent £345k on 'don't knows' last year.
Explain to me, someone, how this shows how people already living with HIV have been cared for and empowered to make real choices? Aren't people with HIV the UK than in Colombia. Here there are no HIV awareness programmes or marginalised
enough? Is this what the National HIV and Sexual Health Strategy intended?
Jacquie Johnston-Lynch, Sahir House Manager (saddened
& dissilussioned), Liverpool
