Don’t quit while ahead but invest to build on HIV prevention successes

In two years, investment in community based HIV prevention decreased by over a third in London. This coincided with significant Government cuts to the public health grant. In the same period, there has been reduction in HIV diagnoses amongst MSM in...

Exposed: HIV prevention funding cut by a third in areas with crucial need

Publication date

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Data published today by NAT (National AIDS Trust), shows a significant decrease in spending on HIV prevention across the UK. In areas with a high HIV prevalence, where need is highest, spending dropped by 29% in two years. In London, where all 32 boroughs have a high prevalence of HIV, there was a 35% reduction in HIV prevention funding.

HIV support services - The state of the nations

NAT lands Radio 4 charity appeal to broadcast on Easter Sunday

HIV Strategy

The NAT appeal will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Easter Sunday at 07.55 and 21.26, and on Thursday April 20th at 15.27. In the week following its broadcast you will be able to listen to it on the Radio 4 website . We were recently honoured to work...

Exposed: Huge national cuts to HIV support services

Publication date

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

New Freedom of Information requests have exposed an alarming trend for cutting or completely decommissioning HIV support services across England and Wales. In England there was an average cut of 28% in expenditure for HIV support services between 2015/16 and 2016/17. The regional variation in cuts is enormous, with some areas entirely losing support for people living with HIV.

Two companion reports launched today by NAT (National AIDS Trust) show that:

Why We Need HIV Support Services - A Review Of The Evidence

HIV support services - The state of the nations - Executive Summary

What does the PrEP decision mean for heterosexuals?

Prevention

In March, NHS England announced it was pulling the plug on an 18 month process to decide whether or not to fund pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV.

DfID Announce £220 Million New Fund for HIV Research

Publication date

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

DfID have announced a new £220 million fund for HIV research which will fund projects that are developing new prevention technologies.

NAT opposes 50% cut to national HIV prevention funding for England.

Publication date

Monday, December 15, 2014

The Government has announced that there will be devastating cuts to funding for the national HIV prevention programme in England. Funding will be halved for the year commencing April 2015 and there is as yet no commitment to fund further years of the programme.