{"id":672,"date":"2018-11-28T17:54:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T17:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/socdems-call-for-national-roll-out-of-hiv-rapid-testing\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:24:41","slug":"socdems-call-for-national-roll-out-of-hiv-rapid-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/socdems-call-for-national-roll-out-of-hiv-rapid-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"SocDems call for national roll out of HIV rapid testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD today called on the Minister for Health to intervene to compel the HSE to release smear slides to women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy so they can be independently reviewed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"et-pullquote\"><p>\u201cSexual health check-ups including rapid-test HIV testing, must be both free and readily available nationwide.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD today called for increased provision of sexual health services around the country, including rapid testing for HIV.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after taking a rapid HIV test today in Leinster House, Deputy Shortall encouraged everyone to know their status.<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Recent years have seen a worrying increase in Ireland of Sexually Transmitted Infections, including HIV. The incidence of new HIV diagnoses in Ireland has increased by 35 per cent since 2011. So far this year, an average of ten people per week have been newly diagnosed with HIV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese trends can be arrested \u2013 but for that to happen we need to step up the provision of sexual health services around the country, both specialist and provided by GPs. Sexual health check-ups including rapid-test HIV testing, must be both free and readily available nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we know that HIV is treatable, it is still a serious condition. PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylactics have been credited with a significant reduction in HIV infection rates in the UK and elsewhere, meanwhile here infection rates continue to rise steadily. The target should be close to zero new infections. That\u2019s why, ahead of World Aids Day on Saturday, we are calling for universal access to PrEP without delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>28th November 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD today called on the Minister for Health to intervene to compel the HSE to release smear slides to women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy so they can be independently reviewed. \u201cSexual health check-ups including rapid-test HIV testing, must be both free and readily available nationwide.&#8221; Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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