HIV diagnosis reaches 15-year-high in Wales
Health experts want more to be done to curb the number of people contracting HIV after figures showed diagnosis in Wales reached a 15-year high.
There were 189 positive tests in 2014, according to newly released figures which relates to data from STI clinics.
Giving out free condoms and prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) for those most at risk are among measures suggested to tackle the problem.
Quarterly updates for 2015 indicate diagnoses will fall slightly.
"There's still a lot of stigma and a lot of ignorance out there," said Dr Olwen Williams, a consultant genito-urinary physician at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
"You need a robust prevention strategy. It's about making sure people have access to information at all stages of life.
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He added: "We encourage people to get tested, because early diagnosis and treatment can not only help people living with HIV to live well, but stop transmission of the virus.
"We urge the Welsh Government to prioritise HIV prevention."
The surveillance report also showed a rise in other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Between 2012 and 2014, syphilis cases in males rose 59% while gonorrhoea was up 31%, herpes 10% and chlamydia 9%.
In females, there was a 20% increase in chlamydia cases and 9% in herpes.
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