Members' Business — S5M-02404 Kezia Dugdale: World AIDS Day 2016

That the Parliament notes the 28th annual World AIDS Day is being marked on 1 December 2016; believes that this is an opportunity to remember the estimated 35 million people who have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic; recognises the importance of high-quality treatment for the 36.7 million people currently living with HIV across the world; supports efforts to meet the UN 90-90-90 goals, which would help end the global AIDS epidemic, and understands the need for innovative HIV policy solutions for Scotland to fully achieve these targets, which it has yet to reach; further understands that there are approximately 6,150 people living with HIV in Scotland, with an average of one person every day being diagnosed, and considers that ending HIV-related stigma by guaranteeing access to quality sexual health education and increased HIV awareness is crucial to ensure that more people access testing services, and commends the work of HIV Scotland in promoting policy changes that are grounded in evidence and experience of people living with, and at risk of, HIV.