Category: NHS
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We’re attending the 19th annual conference of the British HIV Association in Manchester this week, having some great conversations with colleagues and friends about how to raise HIV testing awareness even higher in the coming year. We have a stand in the Exhibition Hall, so if you’re in Manchester for the conference at any point,…
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Fantastic to see more great coverage of our current joint campaign with The Royal London Hospital, this time in the Daily Mail: The screening programme is being part-organised by HIV awareness charity Saving Lives, which is running a campaign called the Saving Lives Avengers. The initiative aims to use well-known sports personalities to educate people…
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Great news in the East London Advertiser of a campaign featuring the Saving Lives Avengers: Tests for HIV are to be offered to patients walking into the Accident & Emergency department at the Royal London Hospital. A new scheme is being piloted offering routine testing to give anyone found to be ‘positive’ the earliest possible medical treatment.…
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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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Originally published at Huffington Post: 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…
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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…
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Doctors announced on Sunday that a baby had been cured of an H.I.V. infection for the first time, a startling development that could change how infected newborns are treated and sharply reduce the number of children living with the virus that causes AIDS. The data is being presented at CROI today at 11.30 am – and our Medical Director, HIV…
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At the Huffington Post, Dr Steve Taylor, Medical Director of Saving Lives, writes: I believe the NHS provides a gold standard service of care to our HIV patients. Yes, I also admit we are likely not the cheapest service there is – but the NHS is about patients, about quality, and about care. It’s about…
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Originally published at Huffington Post: We set up the HIV awareness charity Saving Lives to promote HIV testing and public health. We believe passionately that one in four of those with HIV in the UK not knowing their status is too high a figure, and that public advocacy and awareness-raising can have a positive benefit on…
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Dr Steve Taylor, Medical Director of Saving Lives, has written on Huffington Post about the ongoing debates around home testing for HIV: In the course of my medical life, I’ve overheard many people ask their friends the question, “Have you had an HIV test?” “No,” comes the common reply. “I know I should, but I…