18,100 people In UK , Unknowingly Living With HIV,

© Francois Lenoir

An estimated 18,100 people in the UK are unknowingly living with HIV, Public Health England (PHE) said as it launched the first nationally available HIV home-testing kit.

In a report released Wednesday, PHE found 103,700 Britons are living with the condition.

“Overall, the number of people living with HIV in the UK continues to increase and the number living with undiagnosed HIV remains high,” the report said.

According to PHE, vast strides have been made in HIV treatment and those diagnosed early can have a life expectancy almost as long as those who do not have the virus.

However, some 40 percent of people are “diagnosed at a late stage of infection, undermining the benefits of effective therapy, and demonstrating the need for expanded testing,” PHE said. source-rt.com

photo- Francois Lenoir / Reuters

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