Thursday 15th January 2015

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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My Lords, in November 2013 DfID conducted a review of our 2011 HIV position paper. The review paper highlighted three areas of particular focus in the international context. They were to identify the key affected populations—girls and women—and the integration of HIV responses into the wider health system, as well as broader development priorities. That of course includes tackling stigma and the unacceptable things that we see in certain overseas countries, including discriminatory legislation.

Lord Patel Portrait Lord Patel (CB)
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My Lords, did the Minister refer to 26,000 people being undiagnosed? What is that number based on?

Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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My Lords, these figures inevitably have to be estimates but they rely on data from three surveys that measure undiagnosed HIV infection among sexual health clinic attendees, pregnant women and people who inject drugs. Comprehensive clinical data from sexual health clinics relating to patients newly diagnosed with HIV are also used to infer the risk of undiagnosed infection.