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The Midlandsregion’s first community-based Hepatitis B screening program is to launch in Birmingham’s Aracdian Centre later this month. To mark World Hepatitis Day on July 28th, medics fromBirminghamHeartlandsHospital, in co-operation with the city’s Chinese Community Centre, are taking a new hepatitis screening programme on the road – in order to test people who might otherwise…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, and a Saving Lives positive advocate, Terry, appeared on BBC Radio WM this week. You can listen to the whole segment using the player below – many thanks to WM and Grant Torrington for giving us all that time. Exposure like this can only help save lives. [audio:http://www.savinglivesuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BBC%20WM%2025th%20July%20Terry%20and%20GT.mp3] …
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Thanks to Karen for agreeing to appearing as part of a feature on BBC Radio WM about Saving Lives, and our work promoting HIV testing through football and sport. And congratulations to her and the team for yesterday’s victory, too! [audio:http://www.savinglivesuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BBCWM%20Football%20SL%20Kaz%20Carney%20.mp3|titles=Karen Carney on BBC WM]
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1st Time women’s football is an Olympic event 1st Event of the Olympics 2012 1st New HIV Awareness videos by Women’s Footballers (Great Britain’s women’s football team will play New Zealand in the opening event of the Olympic Games at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday the 25th July). To view videos of the Team GB advocates, click…
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Our list of footballing advocates has just got longer, with Team GB Olympics women’s football stars making videos for us. Thanks, ladies! Rachel Brown Eniola Aluko Karen Carney Kerys Harrop Rachel Williams Jill Scott & Farra Williamsn
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As the BBC reports, HIV home testing kits are expected to be on sale in the USA very soon, following their approval by the country’s Food and Drug Administration. BBC WM’s Graham Torrington asked us onto his show last night to talk about this development. You can use the player above to hear the Medical Director…
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httpv://youtu.be/OpHlANPVuiw Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, offers his comments on the BBC’s story that a new HIV quad pill ‘may improve care’. Other versions of the story can also be seen at ABC News and NetDoctor, and the news is based on the application for approval from Gilead Sciences received by the USA’s Food…
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Fantastic news from Team GB – the women’s football squad has been announced, and our advocate Karen Carney is included! Congratulations, Karen – much deserved! You can read her Q&A with us here.
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Some of our ambassadors and advocates are performing this weekend at the UK Trials: 22-6-12 100 Meter Heats, 17.00 – Julian Thomas 23-6-12 Shot Put Finals, 13.20 – Ros Gonse 1500m Women’s Heats, 14.40 – Hannah England 24-6-12 100m Men’s semi final, 16.52 – JT? 100m Men’s Final, 18.17 – JT? 200m Men’s Heats, 3pm…
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Many congratulations to Chris Hughton, one of our managerial Football Saving Lives advocates, who has been appointed as the new manager at Norwich. Moving from Birmingham to the Premiership side is an exciting step for Chris, who last managed a top-flight team during his brief stint at Newcastle United. We’re really pleased for Chris –…
