brigadier Biggles
03-03-2008, 01:33 AM
A massive 300% increase in the number of AIDS cases diagnosed in Northern Ireland each year over the past decade has been revealed - and levels in the Irish Republic are rising too.
Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said population mobillity was responsible for the huge rise.
He said there has been a 20% increase in cases of all sexually transmitted diseases over the last five years as well.
Meanwhile, new figures from Dublin also reveal a 21% increase in incidents of the potentially deadly condition in the first six months of 2007, according to the Irish Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=72305
Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said population mobillity was responsible for the huge rise.
He said there has been a 20% increase in cases of all sexually transmitted diseases over the last five years as well.
Meanwhile, new figures from Dublin also reveal a 21% increase in incidents of the potentially deadly condition in the first six months of 2007, according to the Irish Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=72305