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HIV in the UK: facts and statisticsHIV is one of the fastest growing serious health conditions in the UK. There are now more people living with HIV in the UK than ever before, over a quarter of whom don’t know they have the virus. | ![]() |
The transmission of HIV through sharing equipment for injecting drugs has remained at relatively low levels in the UK. This is due primarily to needle exchange programmes and other harm reduction programmes, such as methadone maintenance.
In 2008, people contracting HIV this way accounted for approximately 2.3% of the total cases of HIV that were diagnosed. IDUs who share injecting equipment are also at higher risk of conditions such as Hepatitis C.
In 2007, around one in 75 IDUs was living with HIV. Among this group:
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