Category: Football
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December 1st is World AIDS Day. Our aim is to get to Zero New infections by 2030 However, in order to do this, we need to stamp out: HIV-related STIGMA Stops people getting tested It prevents people from receiving life-saving treatment It makes people already living with HIV feel ashamed and excluded In order to get to #ZeroHIV we need …
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The Welsh national football team were victorious in their Euro 2020 qualifier with Hungary tonight, meaning they have qualified for the tournament, to be held in twelve cities across the continent. Two of Saving Lives’ sporting ambassadors are in the Welsh side tonight, wearing their country’s shirt and hoping for glory. Keeper Wayne Hennessey, who…
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Downloadable U=U and HIV Test, Treat, Prevent Posters for your Clinics, Communities, and Hospitals More and more people are talking about U=U, and we have had requests for some of our posters to be made available for download! So, to mark National HIV Testing Week, we are delighted to offer our materials free of charge as…
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Saturday 17th November sees the start of National HIV Testing Week 2018. Saving Lives along with our Football Ambassadors are encouraging everyone to get tested, know their HIV status & educate themselves on U = U. Over thirty years has passed since the first HIV diagnosis in the UK, and in those thirty years we’ve…
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STOKE CITY, alongside many of the country’s other top sides, are proud to be working with the national charity Saving Lives for World AIDS Day – and the message is that we can all make a difference! Today is World AIDS Day and new data released by Public Health England shows there are still more…
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Saving Lives has produced a range of resources for organisations and individuals to use for free to help mark World AIDS Day 2017. At home in the UK there are approximately 100,000 people living with HIV today – but more than 10,000 of these don’t know that they have the virus. The need for continued…
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Saving Lives has been promoting HIV testing in the gay and black communities in its native Birmingham, and reaching out to football clubs across the country to communicate a simple message: HIV testing saves lives, and stigma kills. “The later a person’s HIV is diagnosed, the worse their health can become,” says Dr Steve Taylor,…
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Saints midfielder Nathan Redmond is supporting the national charity Saving Lives to beat stigma during this year’s National HIV Testing Week. Nathan has been an ambassador for the charity since its launch five years ago. This year they are sending a simple message: stigma kills, and testing saves lives. “There are lots of myths about…
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Rams striker Darren Bent is giving his support to a national charity looking to fight stigma during this year’s National HIV Testing Week. Saving Lives promotes the importance of HIV testing in fighting the virus. This year they are sending a simple message: stigma kills, and testing saves lives. “You may not want to get…
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Hull Tigers captain Curtis Davies is supporting the national charity Saving Lives to promote HIV testing and beat stigma during this year’s National HIV Testing Week. Curtis has been an ambassador for the charity since its launch five years ago and is currently its patron. This year he is helping Saving Lives send a simple…