Posts Tagged ‘The HIV Support Centre’
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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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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Monday, June 14th, 2010
The HIV Support Centre congratulates Mrs Patricia Knowles, Senior Social Worker in HIV Services at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast for being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire by HM The Queen in Her Majesty’s Birthday Honours List published on 13 June.
We know how hard Pat has worked for everyone living with HIV in Northern Ireland. This honour goes some way to show how much we all appreciate her work.
Tags: Belfast, Birthday Honours, HIV Services, HM The Queen, MBE, Pat Knowles, Royal Victoria Hospital, The HIV Support Centre, The Queen
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The Centre will be closed on Monday 31 May 2010 for the late May bank holiday.
We will be open again as usual on Tuesday 1 June 2010 from 0900 to 1700.
Tags: Bank holiday, closure, The Centre, The HIV Support Centre
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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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Friday, February 19th, 2010
The latest edition of The Centre’s newsletter Centrepiece has been sent out to members and is available for download on the website.
Articles include:
Monday drop in a fantastic success
Build a Bear: ‘we had a fantastic time’
Farewell to old friends
Access for all - it’s the law
UK results of the Living with HIV Stigma Index 2009
Tags: "Living with HIV Stigma Index", Belfast, newsletter, Seacht, The HIV Support Centre, UK Results Living with HIV Stigma Index
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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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Monday, December 14th, 2009
The Centre will be closed for the Christmas holidays from 12 noon on 23 December 2009 until 9 am on 4th January 2010.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Tags: Christmas, closure, holidays, New Year, The Centre, The HIV Support Centre
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