Treat With Respect Network

EDM number 1133 in 2005-06, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 29/11/2005.

That this House notes with concern that the number of people worldwide living with HIV has surpassed 40 million, of whom 58,000 are people resident in the UK; welcomes the Government's support for the G8 target of universal access to treatment by 2010 but regrets that some people in the UK will still be denied treatment; is aware that there is high co-morbidity between HIV and tuberculosis and is dismayed that, unlike tuberculosis, HIV will not be universally treated; believes that the issue of health tourism has been exaggerated; welcomes the creation of the Treat with Respect Network advocating equitable access to free high quality HIV treatment and care, including effective HIV prevention and early diagnosis to all those living in the UK; and calls for the reclassification of HIV as a sexually transmitted disease to ensure that all those infected with HIV in the UK are eligible for treatment by the NHS without charge.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.