Sexual health services must be properly funded to reach more women living with and at risk of HIV

Blog by Rosalie Hayes The new HIV: women in the UK report by Public Health England, Sophia Forum and Terrence Higgins Trust provides a welcome focus on how women are affected by HIV in the UK. Experiences of women are often missing...

A formula for success: progress on improving access to formula milk for mothers living with HIV

Women

In April 2017 we published our briefing on access to formula milk for mothers living with HIV in the UK. At the time, we highlighted that despite clinical guidance recommending exclusive formula-feeding for the infants of mothers living with HIV to...

HIV is one of the biggest health challenges facing women

Publication date

Monday, March 8, 2010

Next UK Government must sustain commitment to new prevention research

On International Women’s Day, NAT calls for the next Government to maintain UK leadership in developing new prevention technologies that will help women protect themselves from HIV.

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.

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

Women

Reducing new HIV infections has been a priority in the UK ever since the epidemic’s outbreak. It’s taken so seriously the vast majority of ways to prevent infection are free to those who need them. Condoms and lube can be accessed for free, people who inject drugs should have access to free injecting equipment through Needle and Syringe Programmes, and people can begin HIV treatment (also free) immediately if this reduces their risk of passing on HIV to others. These methods have and will continue to contribute to the UK’s relatively successful response to the epidemic.