The city in the eye of an HIV 'perfect storm'
Homelessness and drug addiction have led to a rise in HIV cases in Glasgow
Shoppers, tourists and people on their lunch break bustle back and forth just feet away, few look down in our direction though. It is discreet but not exactly private. People who are sleeping rough can often be seen injecting drugs in public places in the city centre. Sometimes sharing needles and other drug-injecting paraphernalia.
Project manager Mhairi McKean says everyone seems to know someone with HIV but the homeless population at large has not been fully aware of the outbreak until recently.She says:"It's been a real shock that this has happened in Glasgow." "It's better for people to know so that we can get them linked into the services and the support and the treatment that they need."
After four years there is no shortage of data and demographics to describe the Glasgow outbreak but it is the deeply personal stories of those living on the streets with HIV that carry most impact.Calum talks to the BBC's Scotland editor Sarah Smith With his drug habit and chaotic lifestyle he knew from the beginning it was not likely to work well but initially he did not feel too bad about the diagnosis.On that occasion an intervention from a stranger quite probably saved Calum's life.But three years later the chaotic lifestyle endures and his HIV treatment remains patchy.Calum has his own thoughts on why the HIV outbreak in Glasgow has got so bad.
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