Events
Sexual Health Week
The HIV Support Centre is pleased to support Sexual Health Week in partnership with Northern Regional College, the Nortehrn Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) and the Public Health Agency (PHA) in the run-up to Valentine’s Week. The HIV Support Centre will provide sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV awareness stands at all of the Northern [...]
Bill Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS
Bill Gates has donated $750 million from his charitable foundation to the Global Fund which fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. He also emphasised that countries should not decrease the amounts of aid they are giving because of the global economic crisis. For the full story click on the link below. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/26/bill-gates-davos-aid
Health Minister supports Getting to Zero Discrimination for those living with HIV
Today on World AIDS Day, The HIV Support Centre, supported by Health Minister, Edwin Poots MLA and members of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Health Committee, called for Zero Discrimination against people living with HIV in Northern Ireland. Danny McQuillan, Director of The HIV Support Centre said: In the last thirty years research, treatments and understanding [...]
Belfast HSC Trust getting to zero
On World AIDS Day 2011, Belfast HSC Trust will be running eight HIV awareness stands across the city. With education being key to ‘Getting to Zero New Infections’, it is great to see this happening on 1 December. The stands are being organised by the Trust’s Sexual Health Team’s HIV awareness trainers. Keep a look [...]
Young people get a taste of healthier living in Armagh
On Tuesday 29 November 2011, young people from across the Southern HSC Trust area will be attending a Health Fair to learn about positive health, wellbeing and lifestyle choices. They will also be able to sample healthy and tasty smoothies prepared by participants of the Give and Take scheme and any donations made will be [...]
Hour to spare next Weds or Thurs? #WAD11
World AIDS Day 2011 approaches on 1 December and Northern Ireland’s leading charity The HIV Support Centre is looking for volunteers to distribute red ribbons across the city of Belfast.
HIV in the news
For patients with HIV viral load is key in immune response to yellow fever vaccine
Contraception in HIV prevention trials: injectable hormonal methods more effective?
Men who have sex with men may now be the highest-risk group for HIV in Africa, IAVI study suggests
HIV care providers in US struggling to cope with rising patient numbers
Quarter of men resume sex before wounds from circumcision fully healed in Zambian study
Raltegravir/Truvada HIV PEP regimen well tolerated with no infections after its use
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