PINK NEWS:
This Sunday 5 June marks 30 years since the first cases of HIV.
Despite many successes in tackling the epidemic, more people than ever are living with HIV in the UK and a significant proportion of the British public still do not know the basic facts around HIV transmission according to the National AIDS Trust (NAT).
One in five people do not realise that HIV can be passed on through sex without a condom and, worryingly, knowledge of this fact has fallen by 11 per cent in the last decade.
Incredibly for 2011, one in ten people incorrectly believe HIV can be transmitted through impossible routes such as kissing (nine per cent) and spitting (10 per cent) and these figures have doubled since 2007 (from four and five per cent respectively).
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