3 Apr 2023

HIV late diagnoses an issue for NZ patients

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 3 April 2023

A new study shows that late diagnosis of HIV is an issue in Aotearoa - especially for heterosexual people.

Of the people diagnosed with HIV between 2011 and 2020, forty percent were diagnosed late.

If you're diagnosed late it's harder to control the progression and people can become very unwell.

Leader of AIDS Epidemiology Group at the University of Otago, Dr Sue McAllister talks to Jesse.

Doctor and patient

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