Tag: treatment
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Saturday 1st December 2018 marks thirty years of observing World AIDS Day Over thirty years has passed since the first HIV diagnosis in the UK, and in that thirty years we’ve made some incredible progress towards ending HIV and improving life for those living with the virus – but there’s still much more to…
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Saturday 17th November sees the start of National HIV Testing Week 2018. Saving Lives along with our Football Ambassadors are encouraging everyone to get tested, know their HIV status & educate themselves on U = U. Over thirty years has passed since the first HIV diagnosis in the UK, and in those thirty years we’ve…
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Saturday 17th November sees the start of National HIV Testing Week 2018 and Saving Lives is encouraging everyone to get tested, know their HIV status and educate themselves on U = U. Over thirty years has passed since the first HIV diagnosis in the UK, and in that thirty years we’ve made some incredible progress…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 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 when we finally got to see the Chilcot Report, the Conservative leadership contest continues to rumble on, and the NASA probe Juno enters orbit around Jupiter after a 540 million mile journey… Researchers aim to create HIV ‘vaccine’ with a ‘therapeutic virus’ (Engadget) Scientists at the University of Texas think that they may…