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Charlie Alderwick

LAUNCH OF THE HIV MANIFESTO

16/05/2017

We’re calling on the next government to stand with people affected by HIV 

Alongside nineteen other HIV organisations, NAT...

Juno Roche

We need to correctly identify trans people in the health system

30/03/2017

To mark International Transgender Day of Visibility and the launch of NAT’s new report Trans* people and...

Yusef Azad

Should we worry about the effect of PrEP on STI rates?

29/03/2017

One argument you see amongst those critical or worried about the introduction of PrEP is that it will result in...

We must seize this opportunity to bring SRE to all young people

27/02/2017

February has been LGBT History Month, and this year’s theme, ‘PSHE, Law and Citizenship’, reflects historical achievements (2017...

Highest ever drug misuse deaths

01/11/2016

Following the news that Glasgow will open the first safe injecting rooms in the UK, Daniel Vincent asks if we’re...

Kat Smithson

Now I have your attention…let’s talk about stigma

12/08/2016

“It is time for us to step up and acknowledge that stigma and discrimination still act as the greatest barrier...

Sarah Radcliffe

Why Doesn’t NHS England Want to Be Responsible for Preventing HIV?

02/08/2016

In March 2015, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, announced the first national diabetes prevention programme. Reflecting on the...

Yusef Azad

National HIV prevention - grateful for small mercies?

22/07/2016

Some readers will recall the campaign NAT led at the end of 2014 to prevent national HIV prevention spending being...

Kat Smithson

Why is tackling stigma so difficult?

04/07/2016

For many in HIV advocacy addressing stigma is the Holy Grail.