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Gaps in HIV testing: results from an audit of abortion services in England
  1. Merrington Omakalwala, MSc
  1. Louise Logan, MSc
  1. Livingstone Musoro, PhD
  1. Fortune Ncube, MBBS, FFPH
  1. Research Assistant/Information Analyst, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, London, UK; merrington.omakalwala@phe.gov.uk
  2. Senior Scientist (Epidemiology), Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, London, UK; Louise.Logan@phe.gov.uk
  3. Senior Lecturer (Health Studies), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Metropolitan University, London, UK; L.Musoro@londonmet.ac.uk
  4. Consultant Epidemiologist (Public Health Medicine/Blood Bourne Viruses), Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, London, UK; fortune.ncube@phe.gov.uk
  1. *Corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2014-101057

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    Reducing undiagnosed and late diagnosed HIV infection in the population remains a public health priority. By the end of 2012, of the estimated 98 400 people living with HIV in the UK, approximately 1 in 3 (31 700) were women of whom about 1 in 4 (7700) were unaware of their infection.1

    There were 842 200 conceptions for women aged 15–44 years in England in 2012; of these, 1 in 5 (21%) resulted in abortions.2 Over 1 in 6 of all abortions carried out in England were conducted in non-National Health Service (NHS) settings in 2012.3

    Unlinked anonymous surveys last conducted in 2004 identified an HIV prevalence of 1.19% among women attending NHS abortion services in London compared to 0.57% in corresponding antenatal clincs.4 …

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