HIV sufferers regularly bullied in the workplace

PEOPLE with HIV are regularly bullied at work because of their health status while many are afraid to disclose their condition because of a fear of stigma and discrimination, according to campaigners.

One person is now being diagnosed with HIV every day in Ireland, with over 4,600 people now living with HIV and AIDS.

The most recent Irish figures indicated that the first half of 2007 yielded 204 new diagnoses — 21 more than the same period in 2006 and 50 more than the second half of 2006.