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In a bus station sweating profusely, drinking excellent Myanmar beer having survived the first week, eaten every local street food that looks edible and suffered the consequences and now about to start on a 10-hour overnight bus journey to Bagan, home of the temples (picture). Now I have been and worked in many places but…
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On International Women’s Day, we want to pay tribute to all the women worldwide who are working hard to improve the lives of those living with HIV, to halt the spread of the virus – and to raise awareness and reduce the stigma that still surrounds the condition. Women are often in a unique and…
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Saving Lives is extremely proud to announce that Dr Mags Portman will be joining the charity in the role of Patron. Dr Portman joins Professor Jane Anderson, Professor Brian Gazzard, Baron Philip Hunt of Kings Heath and Dr Ed Wilkins on our board of patrons. Her role will be to offer expert advice, guidance and…
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This World AIDS Day, Saving Lives is collaborating with Care UK and Hewell Prison to offer HIV and Hepatitis C tests to patients accessing healthcare services within HMP Hewell in Redditch. Primary care nursing staff at the prison have been trained to carry out the Saving Lives fingerprick combined HIV and hepatitis C test –…
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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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Saving Lives, our volunteers and ambassadors will be undertaking health promotion around Birmingham on 1st December (World Aids Day), in co-operation with local partners Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service. We’ll be joined, too, by some of the Heartlands HIV Service’s nurses and staff – so look out for the team, and come and say hello! The Saving…
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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…
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A free home testing initiative by Saving Lives, the leading HIV awareness charity, has received the seal of approval from people living with HIV. During this year’s National HIV Testing Week, the charity is employing the power of new technologies to promote greater take-up of HIV testing. “One in five of those living with HIV…
