Hepatitis C transmission among HIV positive gay men

National AIDS Trust (NAT) has launched a report, HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infection, that looks at hepatitis C infection among gay men who are living with HIV. They are calling for more to be done to reduce this type of co-infection as their are serious health implications such as liver disease. For further information and to read the report click on [...]

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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

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Stop the Stigma

Here is a link to the Does HIV look like me? website. They have produced a new Stop the Stigma video which is worth a view. http://doeshivlooklikeme.org/

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Hardest Hit Campaign

Please click the link below to see information about ‘The Hardest Hit Campaign’ which is currently campaigning to make sure positive changes to the Welfare Reform Bill are not over turned when it returns to the House of Commons.  They’re asking all of us to contact our MPs to ask them to support the changes that [...]

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Big increase in repeat pregnancy rates amongst HIV-positive women

Below is an article about the rise in repeat pregnancies among women who are living with HIV in the UK and Ireland. This emphasises that women who are HIV-positive can have families and, with the appropriate antiretroviral treatments, mother-to-child transmissions can be prevented in most circumstances. Click on the link below to view the full [...]

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HIV & AIDS Thirty Years On: Challenges and Hopes

Below is an interesting article, written before World AIDS Day 2011, which emphasises the need to destigmatise HIV in Northern Ireland and push for greater funding for care and prevention. HIV/AIDS Thirty Years On: Challenges and Hopes By Ruari-Santiago McBride 23/11/2011 The AIDS virus was first discovered three decades ago in the United States. Since [...]

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WAD2011: please show your respect, get tested, get tested early.

by Rob Anderson, Chairman of The HIV Support Centre Today on December 1st 2011 we remember all those affected by the HIV virus, not just here in Northern Ireland but across the world. The number of people living with HIV in the UK reached an estimated 91,500 in 2010, up from 86,500 in 2009, with [...]

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