Supported by: Ash Denham*, Richard Lyle*, Ruth Maguire*, Liam McArthur*, Clare Haughey*, Bill Kidd*, Alex Cole-Hamilton*, Rona Mackay* *S5M-09174 John Finnie: Outbreak of HIV Infection That the Parliament notes that 1 — December marks World AIDS Day; acknowledges that there is an ongoing outbreak of HIV infection in Glasgow in people among who inject drugs, with 105 new diagnoses identified as at October 2017, which is substantially greater than in the previous 20 years when the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area saw less than ten new HIV cases annually that related to injecting drugs; understands that preventative supply of injecting equipment, regular testing, early diagnosis, better access to drug treatment and early access to HIV treatment improves health and saves lives, as well as help further transmission, and is the only evidence-based means to contain further spread of this outbreak; believes that a very large proportion of the Glasgow group have a hepatitis C co- infection and notes that such co-infections can cause a rapid...