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Long-acting injectable treatment - Dr Tristan Barber answers all of your questions

23/12/2021


By Dr Tristan Barber

Last month, NICE approved the use of long-lasting injectable treatment for people living with HIV,...

Long-acting injectable treatment - what does this mean for people living with HIV?

18/11/2021


NICE decision on cabotegravir with rilpivirine (Long-Acting Injectables) – community guidance from UK-CAB (UK Community Advisory Board)...

Why we need to improve mental services for people living with HIV

21/10/2021


by Dr Alexander Margetts

Not everyone who’s living with HIV needs mental health support. Indeed, many people manage the...

HIV and mental health: why we must improve mental health services

10/10/2021


By Calum Douglas

Today is World Mental Health Day and this year’s theme - 'Mental Health in...

Why we must normalise HIV testing for all

13/08/2021


By Dr Tristan Barber

For many years now we’ve had the suggestion indicator conditions are a good way to identify...

Health and care services must better support people ageing with HIV

02/07/2021


By Cheryl Gowar

In the UK, we are fast approaching the time when over half the population living with...

HIV Commission: six months on

01/06/2021

By Deborah Gold, Chief Executive National AIDS Trust, Anne Aslett, Chief Executive Elton John AIDS Foundation & Ian Green, Chief Executive Terrence...

Drugs policy in the UK: why it’s time to shift from punishment to public health

30/09/2020

By Calum Douglas, Policy & Campaigns Officer & Katy Sharrock, Research & Policy Officer

In August the European Association for the...

Integrating HIV healthcare: before and after COVID-19

21/07/2020

By Cheryl Gowar, Policy & Campaigns Manager

The delivery of healthcare is perhaps one of the most obvious ways that...

Kat Smithson

We must be ambitious in our action on HIV during the COVID-19 crisis

03/06/2020

By Kat Smithson, Director of Policy

Beyond the number of people dying, COVID-19 compounds inequalities that lead to poorer health...