Author: Dan Hartland Saving Lives
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Hull Tigers captain Curtis Davies is supporting the national charity Saving Lives to promote HIV testing and beat stigma during this year’s National HIV Testing Week. Curtis has been an ambassador for the charity since its launch five years ago and is currently its patron. This year he is helping Saving Lives send a simple…
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A free home testing initiative by Saving Lives, the leading HIV awareness charity, has received the seal of approval from people living with HIV. During this year’s National HIV Testing Week, the charity is employing the power of new technologies to promote greater take-up of HIV testing. “One in five of those living with HIV…
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Two Welsh international footballers are supporting the UK-wide charity Saving Lives to get across a simple message: when it comes to HIV, stigma kills. Saving Lives is a charity promoting HIV testing as a way of fighting a virus which affects 100,000 people in the UK. One fifth of those people have no idea they…
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Blues Club Captain Paul Robinson and and the side’s longest-serving current player, Jonathan Spector, have leant their support to the Brum-based national charity Saving Lives in a bid to improve the second city’s health through HIV testing. More than 18,000 people in the UK are infected with HIV without knowing their status. Saving Lives promotes the simple…
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A leading HIV awareness charity is promoting HIV testing, and combating stigma, during this year’s National HIV Testing Week – by employing the power of new technologies. Saving Lives is a national charity with the aim of reducing the amount of undiagnosed HIV in the UK. Through its network of celebrity ambassadors, and advocates living…
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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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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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Our Positive Ambassador, Tom Hayes, appeared widely in the media yesterday, commenting on the High Court’s decision that the NHS, not local authorities, is responsible for providing PrEP. Tom is also a trustee of the charity. You can listen to his appearances below. BBC Coventry and Warwickshire at 8.20am Free Radio news bulletins] BBC Radio WM at…
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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…
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Music Saving Lives ambassador S.E.L has released her new single, ‘Elevation’, to promote her ‘UK Soul’ EP. We think it sounds great, and so does another of our music ambassadors, DJ Colin Francis! Real nice vibe @SELsoul .. Feel good music☀️??? https://t.co/ACvGCYISHq — DJ Colin Francis (@DJColinFrancis) July 2, 2016 S.E.L will be playing live…