Tag: February

  • Charity raises awareness during HIV Testing Week

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    The HIV awareness charity, Saving Lives, worked across National HIV Testing Week to raise awareness of HIV as well as the challenges still faced by people living with the virus. National HIV Testing Week ran from 9th to 15th February 2026 across the UK.  Charities, NHS trusts and local government collaborated nationwide to raise awareness…

  • PrEP – what is it, and why aren’t more women on it?

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    If you are a woman living in the Birmingham Area  and are interested in taking part in the Purpose 5 Trial, please contact the Research team at Birmingham Heartlands HIV service  at  coreresearchteambhh@uhb.nhs.uk Or call 0121 424 2847 to see if the study is right for you. To qualify, you must be a sexually active woman over the…

  • Saving Lives joins calls for a national sexual health strategy

    Charities, including the British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) and the Terrence Higgins Trust, have called on the Government to implement a new sexual health strategy to combat rising rates of STIs in England. A new report from the Terrence Higgins Trust and BASHH has detailed the challenges facing the sexual health &…

  • Saving Lives reaffirms support for access to PrEP to prevent HIV

    The Saving Lives charity reaffirms its support for greater access to PrEP to those most at risk to help prevent HIV infections. This morning BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme aired a piece on PrEP in England. The broadcast featured our Medical Director, Steve Taylor. You can listen again here. In the following piece Saving Lives…