Category: Positive People
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The British HIV Association, in co-operation with the National Institute for Health Research and Public Health England, is asking people living with HIV to fill out a survey on the subject of HIV cure research. The survey is designed to understand: your current views on HIV cure research whether you might take part in studies…
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I recently attended AVAC’s HIV prevention science and advocacy training for Px-ROAR European advocates in Paris (12-13 June). AVAC are committed to global advocacy for HIV prevention. Their mission is to Deliver proven interventions for immediate impacts; Demonstrate and rollout new HIV prevention tools and to Develop long term solutions to the epidemic. AVAC has…
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More from the latest National HIV Nurses Association study day, held on 6th March. The first part of this blog series can be found here. PEP and PrEP: the science behind the strategies Dr Sheena McCormack from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit presented to us on the science behind the PEP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis) and PrEP…
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… though we need a combination strategy. On 6th March I attended the latest study day organised by the National HIV Nurses Association on ‘HIV prevention strategies: The role of the nurse’. The day couldn’t have happened at a more apt time. This is particularly because of the announcement of the interim results from the…
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So Yesterday I went along to meet Adrian from the Medical Illustration department at Heartlands Hospital to do a photo-shoot for the @savinglives campaign to raise awareness and support for people living with and/or effected by HIV. I was a bit nervous to start with but I soon had a big smile on my face…
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It’s great to see our positive ambassador, Angelina Namiba, proudly wearing her Saving Lives t-shirt in this post at Speaking Up (the blog of another of our ambassadors, Sylvia Pettreti!): We all have relationships. Those that we choose to be in. Such as relationships with partners, friends, lovers, wives and husbands. Those that we have…
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…first of many I hope!! Well I thought it was about time I started to blog some stuff seems the lovely people at Saving Lives have kindly given me this space on their site to air some views, thoughts and feelings. To start with you may have guessed my name is Tyler (very nice to…
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World AIDS Day is always an emotional time: it’s a day on which both to take stock and look back; we can see how far we’ve come, but also how much we have left to do. World AIDS Day is a day to remember those no longer with us – and, to honour them, we…
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Our positive advocate, Tom, and Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor appeared today on BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat programme. They were discussing the new HIV figures from Public Health England, which show that one in five of those with HIV in the UK do not know that they are infected – and that up to three…
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It’s only six weeks until the UK’s second National HIV Testing Week [NHTW]. To be held between the 22nd and 29th November, NHTW is designed to raise awareness of HIV testing. The aim is to get more people taking this important test. There are plenty of ways to get involved, but one of the best…