US EditionUK Unveils £170M Plan to End HIV Transmission by 2030
The plan targets 5,000 people out of care with mental health and poverty barriers and includes opt-out testing in high-prevalence areas to help reach the 2030 goal.
- On Monday, Wes Streeting announced a 170 million scheme including opt-out HIV testing in A&Es in London and Manchester to end transmissions by 2030.
- The Department for Health and Social Care said it will target around 5,000 people living with HIV who are out of care, citing stigma as a major barrier, with Mr Streeting saying, `What they still have to contend with, I'm sad to say, is a huge amount of stigma`.
- A 5 million trial announced on Sunday will let at-risk patients order home HIV testing kits through the NHS App and the Foundation that piloted the opt-out model in 2018 welcomed extra funding to expand testing.
- The plan aims to re-engage people who have left HIV care and support the 100,000 people living with HIV in England, charities including The Elton John AIDS Foundation welcomed the move.
- UKHSA data shows 95% diagnosed, around 4,700 remain undiagnosed, and Anne Aslett warned `But without bold investment in prevention, including making PrEP widely accessible to everyone who needs it, ending new infections will remain out of reach`.
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Can £170m plan stop transmission of HIV in England by 2030?
The government has said that an action plan on HIV could end new transmissions of the disease in England by 2030. The £170million scheme, unveiled by Health Secretary Wes Streeting on what is World Aids Day, is aimed at re-engaging people who have left HIV care and bringing them back to lifesaving treatment. But progress in the UK could be undermined by cuts to global health services and aid.
Wes Streeting vows to end HIV transmissions by 2030 as government launches £170m Action Plan
Speaking on World AIDS Day, Streeting told Attitude: "We have made extraordinary strides towards ending new HIV cases in this country" The post Wes Streeting vows to end HIV transmissions by 2030 as government launches £170m Action Plan appeared first on Attitude.
Despite advances in treatment and prevention, the fight against HIV is far from over.
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