Manitoba has the second highest rate of new HIV cases in the country, behind Saskatchewan, according to the province's latest figures. While Manitoba's HIV rates continue to rise, only one case of AIDS was reported in 2016 — the lowest level since 2006 apart from in 2014 when not a single case was reported. According to the report, a third of the new HIV cases in 2016 were found in people arriving from countries where rates of the illness are already high. Fowke says Manitoba has a "fairly good" program finding and identifying HIV cases, but there are likely cases that aren't being caught. Fowke says Manitoba needs to watch whether an increase in injection drug use causes HIV rates to rise as well, as has happened in Saskatchewan.

Source: CBC News March 02, 2018 17:37 UTC