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Yusef Azad

PrEP: Further delay, further HIV transmissions

10/06/2016

NAT responds to the Government announcement of a NICE Evidence review on PrEP

Daniel

NAT Success: Shining a light on drug related deaths

19/05/2016

In 2014 3,346 people across England and Wales died because they had a drug overdose. This is the highest number...

Kat Smithson

LGBT young people are saying #WeExist in sex education

21/04/2016

In early 2015 we wrote to David Cameron ahead of the General Election to ask his party to support statutory...

Sarah Radcliffe

What does the PrEP decision mean for heterosexuals?

01/04/2016

In March, NHS England announced it was pulling the plug on an 18 month process to decide whether or not...

Yusef Azad

PrEP - What went wrong? What should happen?

22/03/2016

Rarely has a u-turn, rarely has a breach of trust, been so misleadingly announced. Reading NHS England’s press release, ‘Update...

Daniel

A ‘formula for success’ to support mothers living with HIV

08/03/2016

Reducing new HIV infections has been a priority in the UK ever since the epidemic’s outbreak. It’s taken so seriously...

Suzi Price

Setback in the battle for SRE

23/02/2016

Yesterday, Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education, wrote a letter to fellow conservative MP, Neil Carmichael, outlining why...

Sarah Radcliffe

Benefit cuts: it’s all in the detail

25/01/2016

This Wednesday the House of Lords will be voting on two vitally important amendments to the Welfare Reform and Work...

Yusef Azad

Part 2: National HIV Prevention: Where's the £1.2m?

18/01/2016

In my last blog I welcomed PHE’s new tender for a national HIV prevention programme. The annual value of the...

Yusef Azad

National HIV Prevention: Hurray for the £1.2 million

14/01/2016

Part One. Just before the Christmas holidays Public Health England (PHE) released their tender documentation for a new national HIV...