August

Press releases August, 2011

Aug 17 2011

NAT condemns conviction for herpes transmission

News of the imprisonment of David Golding for 14 months for transmission of herpes only underlines the folly of using the criminal law to address the spread of sexually transmitted infections in this country. 
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Aug 04 2011

NAT launches new report on RITA testing and criminal prosecution

NAT has launched a report looking at the validity and meaning of RITA tests (Recent Infection Testing Algorithm) in the context of criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission. RITA tests estimate the likelihood that a person diagnosed HIV positive has been infected recently (usually within the previous six months).

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