Tag: WAD
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Birmingham creatives are joining forces to give voice to people living with HIV in time for this year’s World AIDS Day – and they want the wider public to pay attention. Dancers, actors and visual artists will be performing and exhibiting their work at venues across the city centre on December 1st. And in every…
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The HIV Commission for England have today, on World AIDS Day 2020, published their report which sets out 20 recommendations to get England to zero new HIV infections by 2030. The report explores how the government, NHS, public health officials and the voluntary sector can bring about the changes needed to end new transmissions before…
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UK based HIV and sexual health charity, announce the winners of their ‘Grassroots Grants’ programme. Saving Lives, the UK-based HIV and sexual health charity known for its innovative home sampling kits, can today announce the winning three applications to their ‘Grassroots Grants’ programme. The grants, of £1000 each, have been awarded to small groups or…
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This World AIDS Day, December 1st, Positive People everywhere are standing up and asking that everyone join them in making a pledge to stamp out HIV related stigma. Continuing stigma around HIV prevents people coming forward for testing. It stops people accessing life-saving treatment, and it makes people already living with the virus feel ashamed…
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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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Saving Lives has produced a range of resources for organisations and individuals to use for free to help mark World AIDS Day 2017. At home in the UK there are approximately 100,000 people living with HIV today – but more than 10,000 of these don’t know that they have the virus. The need for continued…