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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
From December 9th until March 2010, Terrence Higgins Trust will be offering sexual health communication training for health care providers in Coventry and Warwickshire. The training aims to help Health Practitioners, including GPs, Practice Nurses, School Nurses and pharmacy staff increase their capacity for providing sexual health services or screening for sexually transmitted infections....
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Throughout December, skin and haircare specialist Kiehl's is selling its 'Ultimate Strength Hand Salve' in aid of Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). Launching on World AIDS Day, December 1, 100% of net profits will be donated to the charity. Selling the hand salve in aid of THT is part of a wider 'Shop to Stop AIDS' campaign. Fundraising will be going on in 13 countries and 41 stores worldwide....
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
HIV and sexual health charities Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and Widows and Orphans International (WOI) are calling for people in Barking & Dagenham to get involved in World AIDS Day (December 1) this year, either by attending an all-day HIV testing service, making a donation to support local HIV services, or wearing a red ribbon to raise awareness.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Data published today by the UK's Health Protection Agency shows that in 2008, an estimated 83,000 people were living with HIV in the UK. This is an eight percent increase on 2007 and means that there are more people living with HIV in the UK than ever before. Some 27% of this total remain undiagnosed and have HIV without knowing it. There are now over 22, 000 people in the UK with undiagnosed HIV....
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru (THT Cymru) is calling for people in Cardiff and Newport to get involved in World AIDS Day (December 1) this year, either by attending an event, making a donation to support local HIV services, or wearing a red ribbon to raise awareness.
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Matt Davies (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Late in the day, but today is of course World Aids Day. You can read a little bit more about the day and, if you can, make a donation to the Terrence Higgins Trust by clicking here - a great charity that I raised money for the first time I did the marathon, back in 2003. And the BBC have an excellent slideshow of HIV/AIDS campaign posters which is definitely worth a look.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... saying their HIV status had been revealed without their consent. Lisa Power, head of policy at the Terrence Higgins Trust, said that the public was more ignorant about HIV than a decade ago. "This research is really important because it's about people's perception of the prejudice they face. "We did have a good education programme in this country, but that's all gone to...
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The Observer (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... saying their HIV status had been revealed without their consent. Lisa Power, head of policy at the Terrence Higgins Trust, said that the public was more ignorant about HIV than a decade ago. "This research is really important because it's about people's perception of the prejudice they face. "We did have a good education programme in this country, but that's all gone to...
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Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
“HIV is treatable nowadays, but prejudice and ignorance seem to be harder to tackle. … That stigma is much of what makes people reluctant to test for HIV, reluctant to disclose a diagnosis and reluctant to trust even those closest to them. Unless we learn to challenge stigma and tackle ignorance, HIV will continue to spread by fear and stealth.” — Lisa Power , head of policy at Britain’s Terrence...
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PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... health and HIV. We will carefully consider this report's findings."Lisa Power, head of policy at Terrence Higgins Trust, said “HIV is treatable nowadays, but prejudice and ignorance seem to be harder to tackle."Using modern treatments people with HIV can now live full lives, often into old age, working and having families and relationships. But they still face huge levels of stigma...
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EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... 18%of the newly-diagnosed were white gay men and a further 58% were black African heterosexuals.Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading HIV and sexual health charity, has called for the introduction of a national targeted HIV Screening Programme.It is hoped that a screening programme would halve undiagnosed HIV in the UK by 2014.Victoria Gamble, regional manager from Terrence...
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EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... area remain undiagnosed and are unaware that they HIV.Victoria Gamble, regional manager from the Terrence Higgins Trust in the East of England, said: “The level of undiagnosed HIV in the county is completely unacceptable.“With early diagnosis and effective treatment, most people with HIV can live to old age. If left undiagnosed, they will die earlier, be significantly more ill and...
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PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... thought to be undiagnosed.In response to the new statistics, Nick Partridge, chief executive of Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), said: "The level of undiagnosed HIV in the country is completely unacceptable. With early diagnosis and effective treatment, most people with HIV can live to old age. If left undiagnosed, they will die earlier, be significantly more ill and more likely to infect...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new campaign called 'Bum Boy' (http://www.bumboy.org.uk), teaching gay men in London just how HIV is passed on during unprotected anal sex. With little or no sex education relevant to young gay men in schools, this new campaign gives a valuable biology lesson to fill these important knowledge gaps.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... life after an HIV diagnosis." To mark World Day 2009 (December 1), HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is releasing a CD containing six personal accounts of HIV-positive Africans living in London. The CD, called 'Be Wise: Stories of HIV Testing and Living Positively with HIV', has been funded by the Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme and developed in collaboration...
