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THE NHS spent nearly £1million on drugs for people with HIV and AIDs in Taunton and Bridgwater in 2013-14.
Figures obtained by the County Gazette reveal a steady rise in five years in the amount spent on medication to help people manage the symptoms and advancement of HIV.
Public health experts say the rise reflects the yearly increase in the number of people tested and treated with HIV.
Sex between men and women or between men is the “main route of transmission” for the disease, and the trend is in line with a national and global upward curve in HIV diagnosis rates.
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co....atment_on_the_rise_in_Taunton_and_Bridgwater/
Figures obtained by the County Gazette reveal a steady rise in five years in the amount spent on medication to help people manage the symptoms and advancement of HIV.
Public health experts say the rise reflects the yearly increase in the number of people tested and treated with HIV.
Sex between men and women or between men is the “main route of transmission” for the disease, and the trend is in line with a national and global upward curve in HIV diagnosis rates.
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co....atment_on_the_rise_in_Taunton_and_Bridgwater/