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Written Answers — Health: HIV Infection (16 Mar 2009)

Dawn Primarolo: The Department funds both the Terrence Higgins Trust and the African HIV Policy Network to deliver targeted work with the groups most affected by HIV, gay men and people from African communities, respectively. Both organisations will develop initiatives on positive prevention in 2009-10. National advocacy will be developed through the national programmes in partnership with other voluntary...

Written Answers — Health: HIV Infection (10 Dec 2008)

Dawn Primarolo: ...has provided additional funding to the Terrence Higgins Trust and the African HIV Policy Network to include work on HIV-related stigma in the Department's programme of HIV health promotion for gay men and African communities.

Written Answers — Health: HIV Infection (12 Nov 2008)

Dawn Primarolo: ...addressing reducing undiagnosed HIV infection in a number of ways, including increased investment in targeted HIV health promotion work to improve HIV testing uptake for those most at risk, namely gay men and people from African communities. This has resulted in an increased uptake of HIV testing in Genito-Urinary Medicine clinics from 61 per cent. in 2001 to 85 per cent. in 2006 for gay...

Written Answers — Health: HIV Infection (2 Jul 2008)

Dawn Primarolo: ..., which highlights HIV prevention as a priority area. The Department has supported local action on HIV prevention through a range of publications focusing on the groups at highest risk including gay men and people from African communities. As set out in the Health Inequalities: Progress and Next Steps (copies of which are available in the Library), the Department will be funding new work...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: HIV Infection (17 Jun 2008) has video

Dawn Primarolo: ...the Government have announced that they are investing an extra £2 million, in addition to the moneys already committed to prevention work, to look specifically at groups of highest risk, including gay men and people from African communities. Working through the African communities and the African HIV project, we are addressing particularly the issues that the hon. Gentleman mentions....

Written Answers — Health: Blood: Donors (7 Mar 2008)

Dawn Primarolo: ...the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 (Statutory Instruments No. 1263). During the drafting of these regulations, consideration was given to the matter of blood donation from gay men. This led to specific provision being made in the regulations. The aim of donor selection criteria is to protect the health of the population and current arrangements have proved to be an...

HIV/AIDS (28 Nov 2007)

Dawn Primarolo: ...Bill that led to that Act, which was at a time when the nature of HIV transmission routes was unclear. In prevention, we now focus on the particular sections of our community that are most at risk: gay men and African communities—the groups most at risk of sexual transmission of HIV. My right hon. Friend referred also to the investments that have been made in relation to HIV and AIDS...

Written Answers — Health: Information Services: Expenditure (25 Jul 2007)

Dawn Primarolo: ...Department is also running various summer holiday activities as part of the Condom Essential Wear campaign, and we have also funded the Terrence Higgins Trust to produce booklets on HIV prevention for gay travellers overseas.

Written Answers — Health: Departments: Equality (11 Jul 2007)

Dawn Primarolo: As part of the work to ensure the national health service photo library includes images representative of the entire community, the Department has added 47 images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people at a cost of £950.00. The images are of individuals who identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and who have consented to their images being used by...