Ian Green is to step down as Chief Executive of HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust – more than 25 years on from his own HIV diagnosis and after almost seven years in the role.
Ian Green is to step down as Chief Executive of HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust – more than 25 years on from his own HIV diagnosis and after almost seven years in the role.
The UK Government has announced that victims of the contaminated blood scandal will finally receive compensation after a 40-year battle.
“It’s high time we got a proper grip on the monkeypox response and for that we need to see this taken seriously at the highest level of Government.”
THT launches its first ever digital remembrance platform, where users can share a short dedication message to someone who has passed away or in solidarity with those living with HIV
The powerful image of two men lying together and the message that people living with HIV and on effective treatment can’t pass it on has been popping up on billboards and phone boxes up and down the country to tackle the stigma surrounding HIV.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, will today announce the Governments commitment to reach zero new HIV transmission in England by 2030. The announcement will be made at the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), Evening Standard and Independent’s AIDSfree Cities Global Forum summit taking place in Mayfair, London.
Terrence Higgins Trust open Access Fund to help people on no income or receiving benefits in England and Northern Ireland buy HIV-Prevention Drug PrEP.
No evidence found of fake or counterfeit PrEP in any samples examined in new research by HIV organisations PrEPster and Terrence Higgins Trust. Reassurance has come for the thousands currently sourcing HIV prevention pill PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) online as a new study commissioned by HIV organisations Terrence Higgins Trust and PrEPster finds that samples from the six leading online suppliers are the real deal.
New data, published by Public Health England (PHE) last week, show a 17% decrease in HIV diagnoses in the UK in 2017 and a drop of more than a quarter in the last two years (28%). However, the new statistics also show that 42% of people with HIV were still being diagnosed late; with heterosexual men and individuals aged 65 and over the most likely to experience late diagnosis.
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), Britain’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, will launch a PrEP Access Fund (PAF) this Autumn to support people in England and Northern Ireland who cannot access or afford the HIV preventative drug PrEP.
