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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, appeared on BBC Radio WM this evening to talk to the station’s Joe and Nikki programme about the particular challenges faced by the African and Caribbean communities when seeking to test for, diagnose and treat HIV. Our postal testing service, TakeATestUK, is currently offering free HIV tests to people…
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According to the BBC, there are some alarming figures, “At least 2,234 Indians have contracted HIV while receiving blood transfusions in hospitals in the past 17 months alone, say officials.” The story goes on to say, “Under law, it is mandatory for hospitals to screen donors and the donated blood for HIV, hepatitis B and C,…
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We’ll be promoting our new postal testing serving, TakeATestUK, at Birmingham PRIDE this weekend. Via special voucher codes included on leaflets we’ll be distributing to revellers, individuals will be able to access a few HIV testing kit via the online request widget at the TakeATestUK website. Our testing service is another of our answers to…
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There’s an important news item currently on the aidsmap website: Between April 2015 and February 2016, almost 28,000 people have paid £29.95 for a kit allowing them to test for HIV at home, according to a presentation at the British HIV Association conference in Manchester last week. Marketing on Grindr has been important to driving…
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Saving Lives Football Ambassador Jack Butland collected his Vauxhall Under-21s England Player of the Year award this week. Jack won the accolade back in January with 54% of the public vote – but finally got his hands on the trophy on Tuesday. Congratulations, Jack! Fantastic to see you get this sort of recognition – much deserved!
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NHS England has shelved plans to offer #PrEP to at risk groups: As set out in the Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) Regulations 2013, local authorities are the responsible commissioner for HIV prevention services. Including PrEP for consideration in competition with specialised commissioning treatments as part of…
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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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As part of our World AIDS Day awareness raising, we’ve launched a twibbon you can apply to your avatar on Twitter. The Stop The Stigma twibbon is a great way of showing your support this World AIDS Day – and sending the message that together we can beat stigma and improve the health of all our…
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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…
