Election Acts
posted: 27/04/2010
The election is a great time for extracting politician's promises about HIV. With under two weeks to voting on Thursday May 6th, use this time to ask your parliamentary candidates what they will do about HIV and sexual health, if elected.
Visit the SHout loud website for their Election Guide which has suggestions for what to ask and how to ask for it.
Want more ideas?
Other questions to ask candidates include
- What do you plan to do locally to stop so many people being diagnosed with HIV late?
- How will you ensure that local HIV prevention budgets are protected during times of public spending cuts?
- The AIDS Support Grant is vital to ensure that people with HIV locally receive the support they need but is only guaranteed until 2011. Will you support continuing this funding after 2011?
- What will you do to tackle the HIV-related stigma that continues to persist in our community?
- Will you support free prescriptions for people with long-term conditions including HIV?
We hope these are helpful but they're just some suggestions. You can ask your parliamentary candidates about any key issues faced by you, and people living with and affected by HIV.
They have information on HIV in NW England and we have spotted an unfortunate error, which we have asked them to correct. It says there were only 398 new HIV Infections in NW England in 2008. We wish it were this low. In 2008 another 854 new people who are living in NW England were told they have HIV. HIV & AIDS in the NW of England, 2008 table 2.2
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