Extreme poverty among people with HIV in the UK increasing

Extreme poverty among people with HIV in the UK increasing

Publication date

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

New UK report shows one in six people with HIV living in poverty

A new report on Poverty and HIV by NAT (National AIDS Trust) and Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) reveals at least one in six people diagnosed with HIV in the UK experienced severe poverty between 2006 and 2009.  Furthermore, the level of poverty experienced by people living with HIV has dramatically increased over recent years.   In the current climate – and without determined Government action – the poverty crisis for people living with HIV is set to get worse.

One in five adults do not realise HIV is transmitted through sex without a condom between a man and a woman

One in five adults do not realise HIV is transmitted through sex without a condom between a man and a woman

Publication date

Friday, February 18, 2011
  • Only three in ten adults (30%) can correctly identify, from a list of possible routes, all of the ways HIV is and is not transmitted
  • An increasing proportion of adults incorrectly believe HIV can be transmitted by impossible routes such as kissing and spitting
  • Nearly a fifth of adults (19%) believe if a family member was HIV positive it would damage their relationship with them
  • More than two thirds of British adults (68%) agree more needs to be done to tackle prejudice against people living with HIV in the UK

Over 90 percent of the british public do not fully understand how hiv is transmitted

Over 90 percent of the british public do not fully understand how hiv is transmitted

Publication date

Thursday, January 17, 2008
The National AIDS Trust announces today [17 January], findings from their Public Attitudes Towards HIV Survey, which shows more than 1 out of 5 people in the UK cannot identify each of the main ways in which HIV is transmitted.  And only 6 per cent surveyed were able to correctly identify all of the ways HIV was transmitted, without any false responses.

NAT comments on HPA figures showing UK-acquired HIV increased 70% among gay men over ten years

NAT comments on HPA figures showing UK-acquired HIV increased 70% among gay men over ten years

Publication date

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) released today show that new diagnoses among people infected with HIV in the UK have almost doubled in the past decade (from 1,950 in 2001 to 3,780 in 2010). Gay or bisexual men remain the group most at risk of becoming infected with HIV and new diagnoses in this group alone have increased by 70 per cent in the past 10 years (rising from 1,810 in 2001 to 3,080 in 2010).

Next Generation Microbicides offer new New Hope for Womens Sexual Health

Next Generation Microbicides offer new New Hope for Womens Sexual Health

Publication date

Saturday, March 8, 2008
On International Women's Day, 8 March 2008, the National AIDS Trust calls on Government and pharmaceutical companies to support trials of a new class of microbicides that could offer the greatest hope for women's sexual health in the 21st century. Existing methods of HIV prevention are failing millions of women, particularly in developing countries, where women often cannot negotiate condom use.

HIV Still Increasing Among Gay men

HIV Still Increasing Among Gay men

Publication date

Friday, March 28, 2008

HIV Still Increasing Among Gay menIn response to the initial 2007 figures on HIV, released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of the National AIDS Trust commented:

“It is a concern that HIV diagnoses are still increasing among gay men and heterosexuals infected in the UK, and we welcome the Department of Health review of national HIV prevention programmes...”

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National AIDS Trust Comments on Search for an AIDS Vaccine

National AIDS Trust Comments on Search for an AIDS Vaccine

Publication date

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of the National AIDS Trust, comments:

“Almost 7,000 people are newly infected with HIV everyday.  Now is not the time to give up hope.  Now more than ever it is important that we redouble our efforts and support scientists in developing a HIV vaccine..."

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30 years on and the British public still don't understand the basics of HIV

30 years on and the British public still don't understand the basics of HIV

Publication date

Friday, June 3, 2011
  • More people are living with HIV in the UK than ever before
  • The UK has no national strategy on HIV and are in breach of their UN commitment
  • A fifth of UK adults do not realise HIV is transmitted through sex without a condom between a man and woman
Sunday 5 June marks 30 years since the first cases of HIV and despite many successes in tackling the epidemic; more people than ever are living with HIV in the UK and a significant proportion of the British public still do not know the basic facts around HIV transmission.