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Sexual Health West (formerly AIDS West) will celebrate the annual World AIDS Day Concert once again on Thursday next December 1.

Alarming figures from the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) indicate that in the early part of 2020 (up to end of March), the numbers of newly diagnosed cases of HIV in Ireland had increased by a staggering 42% (over figures for same period in 2019).

A significant rise in the number of mumps cases has prompted the HSE to urge certain groups or those unsure of their immunisation status to avail of a free dose of the MMR vaccine.

Alarming figures from the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) which indicate that there has been an eight per cent increase in the number of people in Ireland being newly diagnosed with HIV so far in 2019, are of great concern to AIDS West.

Increasing numbers of people at risk from HIV, which is once again on the rise, is a major concern for Aids West.