Posts Tagged ‘HIV’
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Following on from our meeting with Dr Ade Adeagbo on Monday 2 August 2010, we are asking for help to support our partner organisation AHPN with their Destination Unknown campaign.
What’s the issue?
AHPN believes that there is a clear contradiction between the UK’s policy aim of universal access to HIV treatment for all those who need it by 2010 and the deportation of people living with HIV who are on treatment to countries where treatment is not readily available or affordable. The withdrawal of treatment increases the body’s vulnerability to opportunistic infection and will result in drastically shortened life expectancy.
AHPN believes that there are strong public health arguments for allowing a concession. Those awaiting removal may go underground and fail to keep appointments resulting in an increased risk of opportunistic infection with the need for emergency treatment and an increased risk of onward transmission. The Department of Health has valued the prevention of one single onward transmission as between £0.5 and £1 million in terms of individual health benefits and treatment costs. (more…)
Tags: African, AHPN, Belfast, Campaign, Deportation, Destination Unknown, Dr Ade Adeagbo, HIV, HIV Support Centre, The HIV Support Centre, universal access
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
New treatments keep people with HIV alive longer but they age faster, Terrence Higgins Trust and Age UK study shows.
Ground-breaking new research has shown that as the average age of people living with HIV in Britain rises they are facing huge financial and social problems related to their condition.
Produced jointly by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and Age UK, the first national study of its kind looked at the implications of the illness on people over 50, many of whom expected to have died sooner after being diagnosed back in the 1990s before effective treatment was available. Today, someone diagnosed with HIV in their 30s can expect to live into their 70s, with proper treatment. (more…)
Tags: 50+, AgeUK, HIV, Observer, Terrence Higgins Trust, Tracy McVeigh
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Using easysearch for your internet searching will help us raise vital funds to help people living with HIV in Northern Ireland
Are you one of the 6.4m people that use a search engine every day? Did you know you can raise money for The HIV Support Centre while you search?
http://hivsc.easysearch.org.uk combines the results of several search engines such as Yahoo!, Bing and Ask to ensure you can always find what you’re looking for. But the fantastic thing is that EVERY TIME you search, half a penny is raised for The HIV Support Centre. Search just 15 times a day and you can raise around £25 a year for us. (more…)
Tags: easysearch, fundraising, HIV, Northern Ireland, The HIV Support Centre
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Dr Ade Adeagbo, Director of the African HIV Policy Network is visiting Belfast to meet with Africans living with HIV in Northern Ireland.
Monday, 2 August 2010, from 6.30pm
at The HIV Support Centre.
For more information,
please contact Rory on 028 9024 9268
or rory@thehivsupportcentre.org.uk
Tags: African, Africans, AHPN, Belfast, Dr Ade Adeagbo, HIV, Northern Ireland, The HIV Support Centre
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
If you have any old mobile phones lying around your house gathering dust, we are collecting them via FoneAid which will donate £3 to us for each mobile phone.
Not only are raising money for The HIV Support Centre, but we are helping the enviornment at the same time as 100% of the phone collected will be diverted from landfill where they cause serious environmental damage.
If you would like to take part, please send your phones to us, marked for the attention of Michael.
Tags: foneaid, fundraising, HIV, mobile, mobile phone
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
The healthcare sector undertakes all kinds of surveys to canvass public opinion and inform policies. We feel that it’s vital that you, the people who use the services, have your say in shaping them in the future.
European Man-for-Man Internet Sex Survey 2010
Sigma Research has just launched EMIS - the European gay and bisexual men’s sex survey which incorporates the UKs Gay Men’s Sex Survey also known as Vital Statistics. The survey will be available to complete in 25 languages, until 31st August 2010.
The overall funding for EMIS comes from the European Commission. With a target sample of at least 60,000 gay men and bisexual men EMIS will be the largest survey of this population ever undertaken anywhere in the world. Researchers and gay and HIV organisations from 31 European countries are working together to ensure EMIS is a success. (more…)
Tags: bisexual, Europe, european, gay, gay men, HIV, sex survey, terence higgins trust, tht
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The African HIV Policy Network is wanting assistance from Africans living with HIV in the UK for a film being developed on HIV-related stigma among African communities.
They are working with a skilled former BBC film-maker, Angus Malcolm, who is researching the film on behalf of AHPN and the target audience for the film will be African communities, health and social workers, and key policy makers in the UK. (more…)
Tags: African HIV Policy Network, Africans, films, HIV, HIV-related stigma, stigma
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The regional HIV Social Work team on behalf of the RVH 2Kare Trust invites everyone to buy a ticket for a concert
Celtic Nights… …African Sunrise
in the City Hall, Belfast on Saturday 17 April 2010 at 7.30 p.m.
The concert, preceded by a drinks reception from 7.0o p.m., will be in the fabulous surroudings of the Great Hall and will be an eclectic selection of music and reflect the diversity of the Celtic and African cultures.
All proceeds will be donated to HIV charities in Northern Ireland and the Leratong Hospice in South Africa.
Tickets priced at £25 are available from The HIV Support Centre on 028 9024 9268.
Tags: HIV, HIV Social Work Team, HIV Support Centre, Leratong Hospice, Northern Ireland, Regional HIV Social Work Team, RVH 2Kare Trust, Social Work Team, South Africa, The Centre, The HIV Support Centre
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Back in August, members of The HIV Support Centre took part in the Living with HIV Stigma Index survey. The initial results for the UK are:
- 84% of people living with HIV are supported by other people living with HIV
- 60% are not sure if their medical records are being kept confidential
- 46% reported that their rights may have been abused in some way over the last year
- 45% of people living with HIV have challenged, confronted, or educated somone who was stigmatizing them.
- 31% have not had a consstructive conversation with a health care professional about their reproductive health, sexual relationships, drug-use, and emotional well-being. (more…)
Tags: AIDS, HIV, Living with Stigma, Living with Stigma Index, Northern Ireland, The HIV Support Centre, UK Results Living with HIV Stigma Index, UN AIDS
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
In the year that has seen two people a week diagnosed with HIV in Northern Ireland, the HIV Support Centre, the leading HIV/AIDS charity in the province, is holding three events in conjunction with Belfast City Council, Armagh City and District Council, and Derry City Council to mark World AIDS Day. (more…)
Tags: AIDS, Armagh, Armagh City & District Council, balloons, Belfast, Belfast City Council, Derry, Derry City Council, HIV, Londonderry, red ribbon, Springboard, Springboard Youth Group, World Aids Day
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HIV in the news
Kenyan study shows people with HIV can provide safe, effective community management of ART
Imiquimod a good treatment for pre-cancerous anal lesions in men with HIV
People with HIV with higher CD4 counts should not miss seasonal flu jabs
Nevirapine toxicity in women predicted by liver function, not CD4 count, developing country study reports
Vitamin A supplements linked to high HIV levels in breast milk
Many HIV-positive gay men have post-traumatic stress disorder
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