Health Beacon supports ‘PrEP Now’ campaign The Sussex Beacon are supporting the European Needs PrEP Now Campaign. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the new component of HIV prevention programmes and plays a key role in the preventing transmission of HIV. PrEP is for HIV negative people and involves taking part of a treatment regimen using a By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Health Local HIV charity plant red tulips to mark World Aids Day Business owners and individual supporters of The Sussex Beacon, planted red tulip bulbs in the shape of a red ribbon to mark World Aids Day on Tuesday 1 December 2015. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Baroness Gould, THT CEO Jackie Morton and Lord Fowler listen to Pastor Elizabeth Health Public Health Minister says tackling HIV stigma is vital Jane Ellison, Lord Fowler and Baroness Gould were among speakers to a diverse audience of MPs and celebrities at the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) World AIDS Day parliamentary reception on December 1. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Health Kemptown MP calls for increased investment in HIV for the most marginalised Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, joined UK activists at a STOPAIDS Parliamentary event to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Features & Longread The most deadly symptom of HIV is stigma! Jason Lupi “came out” in public last year about his HIV status after living with the virus for 23 years. Here he talks out the treatments currently available and the importance of tackling the most deadly symptom of HIV, stigma. By Jason Lupi • 4 min read
Features & Longread HIV: Take responsibility for your health and get tested It’s more than 30 years since the first diagnosis of HIV (1984) and in 2015 we really are in a great place! I am a gay man living with HIV since 2012 and would urge you to find out your status. By Contributor • 3 min read
Health Undiagnosed HIV figures remain at alarming level New figures of undiagnosed HIV remain at an alarming high level as National HIV Testing Week starts. National HIV Testing Week (NHTW): started on Saturday, November 21, and includes outdoor and tram advertising across Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Brighton, Newcastle, Sheffield and Bristol. By Gary Hart • 4 min read
Health World Aids Day: A fairer future? World Aids Day (WAD) approaches and the lives of people with HIV have possibly a greater focus within our community. WAD gives us a valuable opportunity to reflect on where we’ve come from, what the struggles have been, loss, the inequalities, our achievements and our hopes for the future. Often I’m By Gary Pargeter • 3 min read
Health Kemptown MP tests in Brighton for HIV Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, took an HIV test this morning at Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) in Brighton as part of National HIV testing week. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Health Peer Action receive Lottery award Peer Action has received a grant of £10,000 from the National Lottery Awards For All programme. Peer Action, is a HIV+ peer support and social group for people living with HIV in Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health THT urges wider use of HPV vaccine The Government decision to extend the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) aged up to 45 via GUM clinics, has been welcomed by THT, but the UK’s largest HIV and sexual health charity is warning that to be most effective the vaccine must be made available widely to a By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Gary Pargeter Health Lunch Positive at Christmas and New Year Lunch Positive, the weekly HIV lunch club that provides a healthy meal, community and social space for people with HIV has special events and arrangements over Christmas and New Year. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
