Tag: diagnosis

  • HIV charity calls for renewed focus on late diagnoses and those outside London

    The Saving Lives charity has welcomed the latest HIV data from Public Health England and is calling for a renewed focus on tackling both late diagnoses and undiagnosed populations outside London. On the 16th January 2020 Public Health England released its annual ‘HIV in the United Kingdom‘ report. The report made for compelling reading, and…

  • APPG launches ‘Eliminating Hepatitis C in England’ inquiry report

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    The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Liver Health has published its ‘Eliminating Hepatitis C in England’ report, following a launch event in Parliament with speakers including Norman Lamb MP, Sir David Amess MP, Virendra Sharma MP, Baroness Randerson, Baroness Masham and Lord Mancroft advocating for the report’s recommendations. The report outlines the findings of an inquiry conducted by the…

  • More people than ever know their HIV status as London hits 90-90-90

    New data released from Public Health England marks a turning point in the UK’s fight against HIV after large reductions in new HIV cases in 2016.  The report Towards Elimination of HIV transmission, AIDS and HIV-related deaths in the UK, released today, shows an overall reduction in new cases of HIV by 18% compared to 2015…

  • People with HIV can now expect a normal life expectancy

    People with HIV can now expect a normal life expectancy

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    A new paper from medical journal The Lancet has reported that people with HIV diagnosed today can expect the same life expectancy of the general population.   For years now we’ve referred to people living with HIV as having a “near normal” life expectancy, but according to this paper from The Lancet we’ve now reached…