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HIV/AIDS (28 Nov 2007)

Gavin Strang: ...years. Indeed, I was a Member of Parliament when HIV/AIDS first became an issue in this country. The world first became aware of AIDS at the beginning of the 1980s, when it was observed that young gay men in the US were dying from rare illnesses. The first documented case in the UK was in 1981. While scientists worked to piece together how the condition was caused, Governments had to work...

HIV/AIDS (12 Nov 2003)

Dr Gavin Strang: ...is not declining. Indeed, a small but noticeable contribution to the increase in the total number of new HIV cases in Scotland last year was made by an increase in the number of diagnoses among gay men. The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK via heterosexual sex has increased dramatically in recent years, from 835 in 1996 to 3,152 last year. As has been the case over the...

Sexual Health (30 Oct 2001)

Dr Gavin Strang: ...people are doing good work in HIV prevention, but there is a real sense in which prevention work has not kept up with the changing nature of the epidemic. I draw attention to the words of "John", a gay London man in his 30s, who was diagnosed HIV positive on 10 July. When interviewed by BBC News Online, he said: "Clearly the message about safe sex is missing the target, if it is being...

AIDS (31 Mar 1988)

Dr Gavin Strang: ...the vast majority of people who have died from AIDS or are suffering from it are homosexuals, but it is wrong to see the problem of AIDS as one that is solely, or even largely, related to the gay community. I am glad that a Scottish Office Minister is here to reply to the debate, as the position in Scotland is different. Whereas in the coming years the vast majority of AIDS sufferers in...