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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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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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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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Saving Lives exists to combat social stigmas of all sorts, and this includes hate of any kind. That’s why we’re supporting the #StopTheHate campaign. The open safety pin has become a symbol of people’s resistance to a worrying and apparently rising trend for xenophobic and racist behaviours in the week or so since the UK…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, appeared on BBC Radio WM this evening to talk to the station’s Joe and Nikki programme about the particular challenges faced by the African and Caribbean communities when seeking to test for, diagnose and treat HIV. Our postal testing service, TakeATestUK, is currently offering free HIV tests to people…
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According to the BBC, there are some alarming figures, “At least 2,234 Indians have contracted HIV while receiving blood transfusions in hospitals in the past 17 months alone, say officials.” The story goes on to say, “Under law, it is mandatory for hospitals to screen donors and the donated blood for HIV, hepatitis B and C,…
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We’ll be promoting our new postal testing serving, TakeATestUK, at Birmingham PRIDE this weekend. Via special voucher codes included on leaflets we’ll be distributing to revellers, individuals will be able to access a few HIV testing kit via the online request widget at the TakeATestUK website. Our testing service is another of our answers to…
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There’s an important news item currently on the aidsmap website: Between April 2015 and February 2016, almost 28,000 people have paid £29.95 for a kit allowing them to test for HIV at home, according to a presentation at the British HIV Association conference in Manchester last week. Marketing on Grindr has been important to driving…
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This World AIDS Day, our message is simple: stop the stigma. As our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, recently wrote on the Huffington Post, “It is within our grasp to control HIV, defeat the stigma that still surrounds it, and make individuals and the community alike healthier.” So for World AIDS Day our message is…