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Facts and figures
Positively Women currently has over
1000 active beneficiaries. Beneficiaries
included in this table are only women living with HIV. PW also provided services for children, whether infected
or affected by HIV. There are an estimated 9000 women
living with HIV in the UK.
For 2006/07, we compared the number of our beneficiaries with data supplied
by the Health Protection Agency.
The following breakdown shows that Positively Women are in
contact with many of the women living with HIV around London, although Positively Women supports women from all over the UK.
The table includes the total number of women per borough
as well as the percentage of the totals estimated by the Public Health
Laboratory.
| London Borough
| Number of PW beneficiaries* |
Percentage of PHL total** |
| Barking and Dagenham |
5 |
2% |
| Barnet |
10 |
4% |
| Bexley |
1 |
1% |
| Brent |
45 |
14% |
| Bromley |
7 |
7% |
| Camden |
18 |
10% |
| Croydon |
44 |
10% |
| Ealing |
17 |
7% |
| Enfield |
21 |
7% |
| Greenwich |
18 |
5% |
| Hackney |
58 |
16% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |
26 |
15% |
| Haringey |
50 |
13% |
| Harrow |
6 |
5% |
| Havering |
7 |
13% |
| Hillingdon |
2 |
2% |
| Hounslow |
15 |
7% |
| Islington |
67 |
36% |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
18 |
15% |
| Kingston - upon - Thames |
1 |
1%
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| Lambeth |
62 |
12% |
| Lewisham |
32 |
7% |
| Merton |
28 |
15% |
| Newham |
45 |
8% |
| Redbridge |
12 |
6% |
| Richmond - upon - Thames |
4 |
10% |
| Southwark |
77 |
15% |
| Sutton |
7 |
7% |
| Tower Hamlets |
13 |
12% |
| Waltham Forest |
31 |
13% |
| Wandsworth |
27 |
12% |
| Westminster |
9 |
5% |
*Based on figures for 2006/07.
**
Based on data provided by Survey of Prevalent HIV Infections Diagnosed (SOPHID),Health Protection Agency HIV/STI Division Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre 2006.
Positively Women also provides support to women living with HIV around the country. We have a National Project working with organisations around the UK and providing support to other women's groups.
The following is a breakdown of beneficiaries across the UK for the year 2006/07.
| Region
| Number of
PW beneficiaries |
| East Midlands |
18 |
| Eastern |
39 |
| North East |
5 |
| North West |
15 |
| Outside UK |
10 |
| Prison |
11 |
| Scotland |
6 |
| South East |
58 |
| South West |
11 |
| Wales |
5 |
| West Midlands |
11 |
| Yorks and Humberside |
20 |
Positively Women monitors the issues our beneficiaries have.
In 2006/07, the top ten issues were (in descending order).
1. Immigration
2. Children
3. Isolation
4. Finance
5. Illness
6. Stress/Depression
7. Housing
8. Social Care
9. Disclosure
10. Treatments |
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A company limited by guarantee, registered in England, no. 2424032; Registered charity no. 1007685 |
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