Rebecca Harris welcomes the remarkable advances in HIV treatment, prevention and care in the UK. Most people on HIV treatment have normal life expectancy, and live with the knowledge that they cannot transmit HIV. Rates of new infections are falling.
Yet while there is much to celebrate, people living with HIV are still twice as likely to experience poor mental health as the general population. Stigma ruins lives. It can make people living with HIV feel isolated and can deny them the opportunity to live their lives to the full. That is why Rebecca is supporting the campaign to fight HIV stigma.
Rebecca Harris MP commented:
“Over the past 40 years, there have been huge medical advances in the treatment of HIV. This means that someone living with HIV is undetectable and untransmittable. That is why this World AIDS Day I'm breaking down the stigma by spreading this message.”
