Category: Positive People
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The recent comment by Burt Reynolds that Charlie Sheen “deserves HIV because he misbehaved badly” is a sad reflection of the ongoing myths which surround HIV. No one deserves HIV. Nor is HIV some sort of judgement or punishment for having made particular life choices. It is this type of rhetoric which perpetuates HIV shame…
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This World AIDS Day, our message is simple: stop the stigma. As our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, recently wrote on the Huffington Post, “It is within our grasp to control HIV, defeat the stigma that still surrounds it, and make individuals and the community alike healthier.” So for World AIDS Day our message is…
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Marking this year’s National HIV Testing Week (NHTW, 21st November), the HIV awareness-raising charity Saving Lives, in collaboration with Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, are launching www.HIVTestUK.com, an innovative free postal HIV testing service. The campaign has the support of a range of sporting and celebrity ambassadors, including Premiership footballers, Olympic medalists, and DJs – and has…
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With just three days to go until National HIV Testing Week, why not test your knowledge of HIV against our sporting ambassadors in this fun video quiz? This year for NHTW, our poster campaign will focus on telling people to #gettested for #hiv – and we’re funding 1000 free tests via HIVTestUK.com to make sure…
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HIV Testing saves lives. That means HIV awareness saves lives – so how do we raise awareness? This National HIV Testing Week, it’s easy: take and tweet a selfie with a message. Help us Save Lives by taking a “Selfie” and posting it on Twitter or Facebook. It’s easy! This year, Saving Lives is making postal…
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This arrived in the Saving Lives offices this morning: what does everything think about Vangardist magazine printing an issue with HIV-positive blood in the ink? We think it’s a fantastic way of commenting on, challenging, and combatting stigma and the common misconceptions about how HIV is transmitted. The magazine came to us all the…
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Simon Collins, HIV i-Base and Saving Lives Adviser On 27 May 2015, at least 18 months earlier than anyone expected, one of the largest ongoing HIV studies announced early results. The news was given at a high-level press conference in Washington by Dr Antony Fauci, head of the US National Institute for Allergy and Immune…
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Two Saving Lives Positive Ambassadors, Becky and Rachel, have featured in a great story in the Daily Mail. Also featuring a positive woman called Nici, the piece is a wonderful example of how people living with HIV live full lives today – and it’s especially good to see a story like this in a newspaper…
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We have a very exciting campaign lined up for National HIV Testing Week – which this year also coincides with European HIV Testing Week. Awareness-raising will culminate, of course, on World AIDS Day, December 1st. This year, we’ve got another of our campaigns planned which really will get everyone involved: celebrities, positive ambassadors, members of…
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I just thought I would write a quick blog post to update you and my story on here. Well where do I start ?? My viral load is now at 46 and my cd4 count is 646 – it has been amazing to watch how my viral load has been dropping and my CD4 count…