Arts Lunch Positive to screen HIV documentary tonight as part of World Aids Day events Lunch Positive will host a community screening of the moving HIV documentary We were here, tonight, Wednesday, November 30. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Eyes Wide Open Cinema’ raise money for THT on World AIDS Day To commemorate World AIDS Day 2016 Eyes Open Cinema is hosting a screening of two films at Duke’s at Komedia. Proceeds from the screening will be donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) a charity working to create a world where people with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimin By Contributor • 2 min read
Health Brighton Kemptown MP says “HIV stigma: Not Retro, Just Wrong” World AIDS Day is tomorrow, December 1, and this year Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven is asking people to join the fight against HIV stigma. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts RadioReverb to broadcast HIV Happy Hour special for World AIDS Day on December 1 RadioReverb, Brighton’s community radio station, to broadcast special edition of their HIV Happy Hour radio show to support World Aids Day on Thursday December 1. By Besi • 2 min read
Ivor Caplin Health Former Hove MP tells NHS to stop delay and save lives Ivor Caplin, calls for NHS to immediately prescribe PrEP to those at risk of catching HIV. The former Government Minister and MP for Hove was speaking at the ‘Perspectives and Perceptions of PrEP’ – an OUT @ University College London, World AIDS Day event tonight, November 28. By Besi • 1 min read
Health Norway provides free PrEP for those at risk of HIV While UK authorities drag their heels on a decision to make Prep available to people most at risk of acquiring HIV, Norway provides a stark contrast and agrees to fund the drug. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Case dropped against 30 positive gay men in Czech Republic HIV criminalisation case against HIV-positive men dropped, however consequences could deter people from testing in future. By Besi • 2 min read
General News HIV charity create new interactive timeline of HIV epidemic To mark both World AIDS Day 2016 and their 30th anniversary, AVERT, the charity who provide information and education on HIV and AIDS to a global audience have created a new interactive timeline of the HIV epidemic. By Besi • 1 min read
Health Transport for London and THT host UK’s largest HIV workplace testing event Transport for London (TfL) and Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) mark National HIV Testing Week by hosting the UK’s biggest workplace testing event for the second year running. By Besi • 3 min read
Health European funding improves the fight against HIV The University of Brighton shares in a €2million grant to research ways of improving access to and the quality of prevention and diagnosis of HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and viral hepatitis. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Brighton Kemptown MP tests for HIV at start of National HIV Testing Week This morning, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, took an HIV test at Terrence Higgins Trust in Brighton as part of National HIV testing week which starts today Saturday 19th November. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Greens claim National Health Service not safe in Labour’s hands Greens condemn plans to cut local NHS services as ‘STP’ proposals partially reveal a cut of 60 million to local NHS services. The Green Group of Councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council reveal that plans to reduce the deficit in the local NHS include slicing the number of hospital beds, creating By Besi • 2 min read
