Perceptions of HIV/AIDS in this country have shifted since the government's dramatic first campaign, with its icebergs and tombstones. The change is in part due to medical progress, which has extended the life expectancy of many affected by the virus. At the same time HIV/AIDS is now often seen as an issue for the developing world, with media attention focusing on its ravages in continents such as Africa and Asia.
Is there a danger that HIV/AIDS is slipping down the agenda? Certainly this year will be a comparatively low key affair, with no major events in this country.
Yet, as the World AIDS Day web site reminds us, HIV hasn't gone away. Last year infection rates in this country rose by 20 per cent. There are now more than 50,000 people living with HIV in the UK, of whom about a third are unaware that they have the virus.
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