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Woman diagnosed with HIV at 22 urges public to get tested

As Keir Starmer undertakes a test for HIV Testing Week - the second part of our special report into the UK's pledge to end the transmission of new cases of HIV by 2030

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Feb 11, 2025
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“When I was diagnosed it wasn't like it is now. I was just preparing to die. I bought my coffin and was planning my funeral in my 20s. Back then, I was going to a support group and every week there was one person no longer there.”

Emma Cole

Emma Cole was 22 when she received the HIV diagnosis that would change the course of her life forever. It was 1991 a…

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