NAT is the UK's leading charity dedicated to transforming society's response to HIV. We provide fresh thinking, expert advice and practical resources. We campaign for change.

We listen to people living with, and affected by, HIV and those who support them and we put the needs and rights of HIV positive people at the heart of everything we do.

Our vision

Our vision is a world in which people living with HIV are treated as equal citizens with respect, dignity and justice, are diagnosed early and receive the highest standards of care, and in which everyone knows how and is able to protect themselves from HIV infection.

Our strategic goals

All our work is focused on achieving four strategic goals:

• effective HIV prevention
• early diagnosis of HIV through ethical, accessible and appropriate testing
• equitable access to treatment, care and support for people living with HIV
• eradication of HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

Find out more about NAT, who we are, what we do and who we work with.

Recent successes

• We were instrumental in getting increased legal protection for people living with HIV under the Disability Discrimination Act.
• Our work with the Crown Prosecution Service has resulted in new guidelines on the prosecution of sexually transmitted infections leading to a reduction in unnecessary anxiety for people living with HIV and fewer inappropriate prosecutions.
• We highlighted in the national media the issue of children being bullied and excluded from school because of their HIV status.
• 29,000 copies of our Guidelines on HIV reporting for journalists, published jointly with the National Union of Journalists, have been distributed and a further 5,000 downloaded online, helping to inform the media about HIV and improve the accuracy of reporting.
• We helped secure a test case for judicial review on access to free NHS treatment for refused asylum seekers, resulting in a High Court ruling that granted refused asylum seekers the right to free NHS care while resident in the UK.
• Our lobbying work calling for access to condoms and safe injecting equipment in prisons has led to the introduction of a Department of Health key performance indicator relating to provision of condoms in all prisons in England and Wales.
• We lobbied the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure people living with HIV have the same protections from hate crime as other disabled people.
• Will I Have to Pay? our updated guide to accessing NHS HIV services for migrants, produced jointly with THT, has enabled hundreds of people with HIV to understand the complex regulations, helping them to access potentially life-saving treatment.