This week is National HIV testing week

The annual National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) promotes HIV testing to gay and bisexual men and black African men and women. These groups make up...

Testing for HIV

We know that people who are tested for HIV, and are diagnosed with the infection, have a good chance of being able to live normal...

50 plus and HIV positive

One in three people living with HIV in the UK are over the age of 50. Older people are the fastest growing group of people...

Shifting attitudes about HIV testing

Despite incredible medical advances in our treatment of HIV since the 1980s, we know that myths, fear and stigma continue to perpetuate the epidemic in...

HIV test performed on USB stick

Ten years ago, I was based in South Africa and involved in scaling up treatment for people with HIV. That country has one of the...