The Infected Blood Inquiry The Inquiry will examine why men, women and children in the UK were given infected blood and/or infected blood products; the impact on their families; how the authorities (including government) responded; the nature of any support provided following infection; questions of consent; and whether there was a cover-up. Inquiry News & Updates September 2020 Inquiry publishes […]
Read moreHIV / AIDS NEWS We are excited to announce that you can now access the sessions from the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual), via the conference website. Explore hundreds of hours of digital content including on-demand sessions, e-posters and global village sessions on your own schedule. https://cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/9289 New HIV Variant is Resistant to Antiretroviral Drugs New Zealand HIV […]
Read moreHaemosexual Australia HEALTH & POLITICAL NEWS Donations Needed as Lockdown Hits DSG Youth Mental Health Charity Coronavirus: NZ Keeps Gay Blood Donation Laws at 12 Months, Decision Delayed in Australia Australia Removes Truvada From Government Subsides Scheme Building Business Ideas to Fight Mental Health
Read moreHIV / AIDS News February Federal judge temporarily blocks military from forcing out HIV-positive airmen https://www.wctrib.com/news/government-and-politics/4571860-federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-military-forcing-out-hiv Fury at HIV data leak in conservative Singapore Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month, he got a phone call saying information about his […]
Read moreHIV / AIDS News August Hunky Broadway star Hernando Umana: “I am a proud gay man living with HIV” It had been drilled in my head that gay people get HIV because of wrong doings and they deservingly die from it. Well I’m here to shut that sh*t down. There is NOTHING wrong with me and I am healthier […]
Read moreIn an exclusive interview for BBC Newsnight, Sir Elton John expressed his frustration that tech giants are not doing enough to keep people safe online and said he would urge people to stop using social platforms that don’t take the abuse seriously. Sir Elton spoke to Kirsty Wark after delivering The Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture on HIV in […]
Read moreThe CHERUB HIV garden: A Life Without Walls Did you know… Walls across the path in the garden symbolise the stigma and fears of young people living with HIV Impression of hands, set as flowers into the steel-like bench, are taken from young people living with HIV, many of whom are reluctant to disclose their HIV diagnosis. Aquilegia, Iris ‘Blue […]
Read moreRyan White 1971 – 1990 28 years ago today, my hero Ryan White died at the age of 18. During the 1980s, Ryan became a national spokesperson and symbol of hope for the #haemophilia #hemophilia and HIV/AIDS community after being expelled from middle school banned due to community fears that the virus would spread to other children. Today, his mother […]
Read morePRESS RELEASE Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Today the Mayor of London, London Councils, Public Health England and NHS England signed a historic pledge to join the Fast-Track Cities initiative – part of a global effort to reduce HIV and HIV stigma. The Fast-Track Cities partnership for London aims to exceed UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, end HIV transmissions in London by 2030, stop preventable deaths […]
Read more1st December 2017 1986, thirty one years ago at the height of the global AIDS crisis, I first sat in the Dominion theatre, London to watch Dave Clark’s musical “TIME”. Sir Cliff Richard played the role of a rock star sent to the High Court of the universe to defend the Earth in a trial brought by the Lord […]
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