Halve It Campaign
‘Halve It’ is a coalition of HIV and healthcare experts – patients, clinicians, public sector, private sector, charities and politicians – who are determined to tackle the continued public health challenges posed by HIV and call on all levels of government to make HIV a public health priority both locally and nationally.
‘Halve It’ is highlighting the fact that there are over 22,000 people in the UK who are HIV positive but do not know it and of those who are diagnosed, more than half are diagnosed too late.
The campaign seeks to halve the proportion of people living with undiagnosed HIV and halve the number of people diagnosed late with HIV over a five year period.
Halving undiagnosed HIV by 2015 will mean fewer new HIV infections, fewer early deaths and more money saved by the NHS at a time when every penny counts.
The campaign recognises that early testing for HIV can save lives and prevent onward transmission and calls on the government to make HIV a public health priority.