Tag: testing
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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…
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In the week when the nation was shook by MarmiteGate, a gorilla escaped at London Zoo and Samsung killed it’s flammable phone… Hospitals and GPs failing to test for HIV Experts suggest patients in areas with high rates of HIV ought to be offered a test when they register with a GP or are admitted…
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Saving Lives began its life as an awareness campaign within a single hospital. We aimed to encourage non-specialist doctors to test for HIV when indicator symptoms presented themselves – and our campaign worked. Of course, any awareness-raising is an ongoing mission – many campaigns make change, not one. Nevertheless, the details in this story from the…
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In the week that Italian police found two stolen Van Gogh paintings, Reykjavik decides to turn off the city’s street lights so everyone can enjoy the Northern Lights, and the England football manager resigns after only 67 days… The Governor of California signs law mandating PrEP education for those who test negative for HIV Jerry…
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In the week that Mary Berry announced she wouldn’t be staying with Great British Bake Off once it moves to Channel 4, Brangelina announced that they were divorcing and we were told that 200bn Daddy Long Legs were on their way to the UK… HIV Charity Medfash is set to close by the end of…
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Saving Lives began life as a campaign to raise awareness of HIV testing amongst hospital doctors. A new campaign, HIV Awareness in Primary Care (HIVAP) aims to do the same among GPs and in their practices. The HIVAP group, which has developed the campaign, is a taskforce made up of leading GPs who specialise in HIV and sexual…
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In a week when we lost everyone’s favourite Chocolate Factory owner, Apple was handed a €13bn tax bill, and we were asked to pay the license fee for using the BBC iPlayer… South Africa is to implement a bold new Test & Treat programme Everyone living with HIV, regardless of CD4 count, in South Africa…
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In a week where Team GB is smashing it at the Olympics and bringing back the gold medals, a naked statue of Donald Trump appeared in San Francisco and Lady Gaga announced her comeback… A Scottish comedian reveals he’s HIV positive Scott Agnew, a gay comedian from Scotland revealed this week that he was living…
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On the week when Team GB were completely smashing it and bringing back the Gold at Rio 2016, a 400 year old shark was found in Greenland and Donald Trump was still saying crazy things… NHS England launches Public Consultation on PrEP In the past couple of weeks we’ve seen NHS England lose a…
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When Prince Harry took an HIV test yesterday, another little bit of stigma’s continuing stain was scrubbed away. Each time we emphasise that HIV is not a source of shame, and that getting tested for it can save lives, we hope to help people living with HIV worldwide. The prince took the HIV test live…