HIV infections among gay men in London are soaring, with sexual health workers saying that a “chaotic and harmful” link between high-risk drug use and gay sex in the capital is fueling the increase. Latest figures from Public Health England show that the rate of infection in the capital leaped by more than 20% in 2012. Charities have warned that the virus is once again one of the most serious public health crises in the UK today. Across the country, rates of infection were up by 8% to 3,240 new infections among men who have sex with men (MSM.) In London alone there were 1,720 new infections, with that figure likely to be revised up to nearly 2,000. While, on the other side of the Earth, health officials are struggling to stem alarming rates of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Thailand. According to a new report released in June by Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the HIV prevalence among MSM has risen sharply, from 17% in 2003 to 29% in 2011.
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