Positively Sharing

Glasgow suffers Britain’s worst HIV epidemic in over 30 years

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Sharing needles is one of the causes of the HIV epidemic.

Sharing needles is one of the causes of the HIV epidemic. Credit: ITV News

There is a HIV outbreak on the streets of Glasgow. It is on a scale not seen anywhere in Britain since the 1980s, and it’s being driven by people who are injecting drugs and sharing needles.

For context, about 1% of people who inject drugs in Glasgow had HIV just seven years ago. Now it’s more than 10%. Read More

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