Policy and Research

STI Figures released for World AIDS Day

Latest figures, released to coincide with World AIDS Day, from the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre for Northern Ireland, now part of the Public Health Agency, show that there were 92 HIV diagnoses during 2008 compared to 61 the previous year. Over half (55%) of these were acquired through sex between men and women. Figures also show chlamydia continues to be one of the most common bacterial STIs diagnosed in Genito Urinary Medicine (GUM) Clinics in Northern Ireland, similar to the rest of the UK, accounting for 27% of all new STI diagnoses in 2008. Research also shows 63 diagnoses of syphilis compared to 26 in the previous year.

HIV and STI surveillance in Northern Ireland: 2009 can be downloaded here.