World AIDS Day

SOFIA WORLD AIDS DAY PRESS RELEASE

Submitted by ICW on 24 November, 2006 - 11:43.

Wake up UK; Wake up the UK government

HIV is not a problem confined to a particular group of people or a particular way of life. All of us are vulnerable and all of us are at risk from what is now the fastest-growing infection in the UK. What puts us at risk is:
• stigmatising those we believe are associated with HIV and ignoring our own risk;
• inequality which puts women in situations where they feel they can not discuss sex with their sexual partners;
• high levels of intoxication with drugs or alcohol, which can erode inhibitions and prevent people from taking proper precautions.