NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde this will see an extra £80,000 being invested in current services.
Over the last 10 years, despite extensive HIV prevention efforts, the number of cases of HIV in the gay community has steadily risen across major cities in the western world.
In Scotland, the majority of new infections are in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian areas.
The HIV prevention needs assessment, undertaken jointly by the two boards, has highlighted a number of key findings that need to be addressed.
Nicky Coia, HIV programme manager, at the health authority’s Public Health Protection Unit, said: “The comprehensive findings from the HIV prevention assessment however have highlighted that the type of advice that MSM need is better delivered in the environment of an NHS sexual health service.”
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