# @pinknews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-08T18:00:51.000+00:00
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The number of HIV diagnoses has fallen among gay and bisexual men in England, new figures reveal.

HIV surveillance figures for 2024, published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Tuesday (7 October), showed that new diagnoses have fallen by four per cent across the UK: from 3,169 in 2023 to 3,043 last year.

Among gay and bisexual men, new HIV diagnoses in England decreased by almost six per cent, from 859 in 2023 to 810 in 2024. Ethnic minority men constituted 35 per cent of all new diagnoses in this group, the study showed.

But Dr Tamara Djuretic, the head of UKHSA’s HIV section, said there were still challenges to overcome.

“It’s excellent to see new HIV diagnoses fall and our continued success in meeting UNAIDS targets, with 98 per cent of people on treatment having suppressed viral loads, meaning they can live healthy lives and cannot pass HIV on to sexual partners,” Djuretic said.

“However, we’re concerned about poorer testing and treatment outcomes among young people, who are at a crucial stage for establishing healthy sexual behaviours. Early diagnosis can be life-saving, so please get regularly tested if you’re sexually active.

“HIV tests and PrEP are free and confidential through the NHS and local sexual health services. If you do test positive, treatment is highly effective.”
An independent HIV commission was launched in 2019 with the aim of ending new transmissions by 2030.

#HIV #PrEP #LGBTQHealth #LGBTQNews #LGBTQIA

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