Category: International
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It’s only six weeks until the UK’s second National HIV Testing Week [NHTW]. To be held between the 22nd and 29th November, NHTW is designed to raise awareness of HIV testing. The aim is to get more people taking this important test. There are plenty of ways to get involved, but one of the best…
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The story of two HIV-infected patients who appear to be free of the infection following bone marrow transplants has been gaining considerable coverage over the last few days. This post at the New York Times is one of the clearest: Two H.I.V.-infected patients in Boston who had bone-marrow transplants for blood cancers have apparently been…
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Originally published at Huffington Post, on thwe topic of Cricket Saving Lives, Jamaica, India and new Ambasador Paul Nixon: Those cricket fans who watched the England versus India Champions Trophy final on sunday may have noticed small slips of red material attached to the players’ arms, or to the sides of their caps. For those in…
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Saving Lives positive ambassador, Tom, will be walking out at the start of tomorrow’s ICC Champions Trophy final in support of those living with HIV in the UK and worldwide. He’ll be acting as a UNAIDS ambassador and promoting both the Thinkwise campaign and the Saving Lives charity. It’s an absolutely fantastic opportunity for him…
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Attitude is an important concept when tackling a problem of the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A conversation with a laboratory technician helped me to relate to the local viewpoint of the infection, and how this will affect the future of the epidemic in Botswana. Upon spending time visiting the laboratory in Mahalapye, I became…
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In this post, Chris Carter, a final-year medical student at the University of Birmingham, continues his series of blogs from a hospital in Botswana … Outside of the hospital, HIV/AIDS appears to have become fairly taboo amongst the locals. On more than one occasion, I have been party to conversations which put down those living…
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In this post, Chris Carter, a final-year medical student at the University of Birmingham, continues his series of blogs from a hospital in Botswana … I promised yesterday to discuss transmission, and how education and awareness can play a part in its reduction. Outside of HIV/AIDS, the next most common illness that I have…
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Chris Carter, a final-year medical student at the University of Birmingham, is currently undertaking his ‘elective’ in the town of Mahalapye, Botswana. The elective is designed as a way for medical students to develop a wider understanding of their chosen specialism – perhaps through undertaking clinical research, or visiting a different country. Chris has chosen to…
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On Monday 4 March, the world awoke to a media storm: news was buzzing around the world that a Mississippi baby had been cured of HIV. We were soon bombarded with a flurry of media reports about how this case was set to change the HIV treatment paradigm, prevent babies from being infected, and, to…
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The case of the baby who has been apparently cured of HIV has been appearing in headlines across the world. We thought it would be a good idea to provide some resources about this case which might help explain and contextualise it. Below, we have a video with the author of the original study, some…