Call for government to expand HIV testing
There's a call on the government to expand HIV testing services in this country.
HIV Ireland is making the call on Irish AIDS Day today because of record high numbers of the disease.
It says new Health Protection Surveillance Centre data shows the number of new HIV cases climbed to 536 in 2019 - the highest ever.
HIV Ireland executive director Stephen O'Hare says the figures have been going up over the past few years.
" It does suggest that the number of new cases are rising, and over the last three years we've seen a small but steady increase.
"Over the past three years we've seen a small but steady increase, and that includes an increase in the rate of notified cases which has gone up to over 11 at this point per 100,000 of the population"
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