Health New guidelines for starting HIV treatment The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published revised HIV guidelines recommending that anyone who tests positive for the virus that causes AIDS should be treated immediately. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Health Health Wealth and Happiness Day – Thursday, October 1 There is still time to book a FREE place at Health Wealth and Happiness DAY, which is an opportunity for people aged 50 and over living with HIV to find out more about HIV and ageing. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Be PROUD and PrEPared The Medical Research Council, Terrence Higgins Trust, Sigma Research and ReShape are screening a video documentary about PrEP directed by Nicholas Feustel in central Brighton this evening. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Health Benefits Advice Workshops for people with HIV at Lunch Positive Lunch Positive will host two workshops during September at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church run by Tim Procter, the Welfare Rights Advisor at THT. There have been key changes to the main benefits for sick and disabled claimants. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Health Mini conference for local people aged 50+ with HIV To mark International Older People’s Day on October 1, the HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will host an event dedicated to people living locally who are over 50 and living with HIV. Health, Wealth and Happiness Day, on HIV and ageing in Brighton and Hove will take place at By Besi • 2 min read
Health HIV organisations renew calls for PrEP as standard A collective of HIV community organisations renew their call on decision makers to make PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) available to those most at risk in the UK of becoming infected with HIV. The PROUD study which took place in Kenya and Uganda saw PrEP reduce the risk HIV transmission by 96% in 10 By Paul Thorn • 1 min read
Health New stats show 46% increase in syphilis among gay men New STI figures show rapid increases among gay men of syphilis and gonorrhoea. Latest figures published by Public Health England (PHE) show 439,243 sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported in England in 2014. The impact of STIs remains greatest in young people under the age of 25 years and ga By Besi • 4 min read
Health THT calls for wider review on blood donor selection criteria This National Blood Week (June 8 -14, 2015) the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is calling on the new government to undertake a fresh review into blood donor selection criteria. The UK’s largest sexual health and HIV charity supported the outcomes of the 2011 review on the grounds that the decision was By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Dr Rosemary Gillespie General News Barclays fund innovative ‘SNAP’ sex worker project at THT HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), in collaboration with Barclays, has launched a ground-breaking skills and employment training programme to help sex workers transition into alternative employment. This comes as London’s oldest sex worker support service SWISH, celebrates i By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health THT to improve Sexual Health in Brighton and Hove Residents in Brighton and Hove will be encouraged to take free STI tests from sexual health and HIV charity THT as part of the city’s STI Testing Week at the end of June. Following the success of National HIV Testing Week, THT will be running pop-up STI screening clinics offering chlamydia and gonor By Besi • 2 min read
Health HIV Vaccine Awareness Day HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) is observed annually on May 18, offering an opportunity to recognise and thank the many volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists who work together to find a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Terrence Higgins Trust urges urgent HPV vacinations Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK’s largest HIV and sexual health charity has said the HPV vaccine needs to be extended to all boys and men who have sex with men (MSM), “as a matter of urgency”. On Tuesday THT attended the European Men’s Health Forum (EMHF) HPV Symposium in London, coinciding with Euro By Besi • 3 min read
