evidence: Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency has recorded a 12% rise in the annual number of HIV cases diagnosed in the region. A new report from the PHA shows there are 1,325 people in Northern Ireland living with the virus. The ‘HIV surveillance in Northern Ireland 2022’ report shows that 76 new cases of HIV were diagnosed here in 2021 - a 12% increase over the 68 diagnosed in 2020. [...] "People with HIV have a near-normal life expectancy if diagnosed early and treated promptly. Once diagnosed, individuals are less likely to pass on their infection due to treatment and changing their behaviour. Of those on treatment in Northern Ireland, 97% had an undetectable viral load, and at this level a person living with HIV has effectively zero risk of sexually transmitting the virus to someone who does not have HIV."