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The statistics, which have been published in the journal Eurosurveillance, said that the number of new diagnoses has decreased from 2,060 in 2014/15 to 1,700 in 2015/16 in England among men who have sex with men.
PHE has said the decline is due to increased testing, treatment with HIV therapy, and the use of the preventative drug PrEP.
New HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals have remained stable.
Commenting on the figures, Valerie Delpech, Head of HIV Surveillance for Public Health England, said: "What we are seeing is the first downturn of the HIV epidemic in gay men. There is absolutely no reason why we cannot scale that up to further reduce new infections in gay – and also in all people who may be at risk of HIV in the UK, regardless of gender, ethnicity or sexuality."
The PHE study looked at data from 200 sexual health clinics in England and found that new diagnoses of HIV in gay or bisexual men at five London clinics – where PrEP is being trialled – had fallen by 32%. At 30 other London clinics, new diagnoses fell by 8%, while in 191 clinics across England, the decline was around 5%. Overall, this was a 17% fall in England.
Among heterosexuals, who are not included in the PrEP trial, new HIV diagnoses did not fall.
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Fall In New HIV Cases Among Men
Latest figures from Public Health England have revealed a fall in the number of new diagnoses of HIV among men.The statistics, which have been published in the journal Eurosurveillance, said that the number of new diagnoses has decreased from 2,060 in 2014/15 to 1,700 in 2015/16 in England among men who have sex with men.
PHE has said the decline is due to increased testing, treatment with HIV therapy, and the use of the preventative drug PrEP.
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New HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals have remained stable.
Commenting on the figures, Valerie Delpech, Head of HIV Surveillance for Public Health England, said: "What we are seeing is the first downturn of the HIV epidemic in gay men. There is absolutely no reason why we cannot scale that up to further reduce new infections in gay – and also in all people who may be at risk of HIV in the UK, regardless of gender, ethnicity or sexuality."
The PHE study looked at data from 200 sexual health clinics in England and found that new diagnoses of HIV in gay or bisexual men at five London clinics – where PrEP is being trialled – had fallen by 32%. At 30 other London clinics, new diagnoses fell by 8%, while in 191 clinics across England, the decline was around 5%. Overall, this was a 17% fall in England.
Among heterosexuals, who are not included in the PrEP trial, new HIV diagnoses did not fall.
(JP/LM)
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