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5 Key Facts About HIV

  • HIV was first identified in the early 1980s but has probably been around since the 1950s or before
  • HIV is a lifelong infection for which there is currently no cure or vaccine
  • In 2000 more people across the world died of AIDS-related illness than ever before
  • There are now over 73,000 people living with HIV in the UK
  • Infection with HIV can be prevented, such as by practising Safer Sex and safer drug use.

 


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