Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is calling on residents in at risk groups in Brighton & Hove to get tested during National HIV Testing Week, in the run-up to World Aids Day on Sunday, December 1.
HIV and sexual health charity Terrance Higgins Trust has launched the National HIV Testing Week to encourage at risk groups to take an HIV test.
The HIV Testing Week runs from Friday 22 – Friday 29 November ahead of World Aids Day on December 1.
In recent years, Mike has taken a rapid HIV test in Parliament on World Aids Day to raise awareness of the need for early diagnosis of HIV in the UK. Sadly, the number of new HIV cases across the country and in Brighton & Hove continues to rise.
Mike said: “Given that instances of HIV continue to rise in Brighton & Hove, it is vital that both gay and straight residents from at risk groups in the city get tested. Up to a quarter of people living with HIV in the UK do not know that they have it, so increasing testing and reducing the stigma attached to it will help reduce this figure.”
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