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December 21, 2009
THT launches LearningPlus – a new service to help people with HIV in England become experts in their condition
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has been awarded £70,000 from the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (DIUS) for a new project called LearningPlus. The grant will be used for people living with HIV to become Positive Self-Management Programme (PSMP) Lead Trainers or PSMP Facilitators. The Lead Trainers and Facilitators will go on to deliver PSMP courses to help people with HIV across England to become experts in their own condition. The LearningPlus training opportunities will commence from January until March next year.
December 21, 2009
Terrence Higgins Trust in Brighton & Hove offers new test which detects HIV a month after infection
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) in Brighton & Hove has begun to offer a new type of rapid result HIV test (4th Generation rapid test) at its clinic which can detect the virus just four weeks after the date of infection. Previous tests were only reliable three months after exposure to the virus.
December 15, 2009
Terrence Higgins Trust to run new London based City & Guilds course on HIV
From January 26 - 2010, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will be running a three month City & Guilds course in Understanding HIV and AIDS. The distance learning based course is structured into three units with two face to face study days held in central London and an estimated 44 hours of study time to complete the course.
November 30, 2009
Terrence Higgins Trust to offer sexual health training to health workers in Coventry and Warwickshire
From December 9th until March 2010, Terrence Higgins Trust will be offering sexual health communication training for health care providers in Coventry and Warwickshire.
November 29, 2009
Kiehl’s supports Terrence Higgins Trust with fundraising hand salve
Throughout December, skin and haircare specialist Kiehl’s is selling its ‘Ultimate Strength Hand Salve’ in aid of Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). Launching on World AIDS Day, December 1, 100% of net profits will be donated to the charity.
November 27, 2009
Terrence Higgins Trust calls for National HIV Screening Programme, as UK reports record numbers living with HIV
Data published today by the UK's Health Protection Agency shows that in 2008, an estimated 83,000 people were living with HIV in the UK. This is an eight percent increase on 2007 and means that there are more people living with HIV in the UK than ever before. Some 27% of this total remain undiagnosed and have HIV without knowing it. There are now over 22, 000 people in the UK with undiagnosed HIV.
November 26, 2009
Terrence Higgins Trust and Widows and Orphans International bring all-day HIV testing to Barking & Dagenham on World AIDS Day
HIV and sexual health charities Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and Widows and Orphans International (WOI) are calling for people in Barking & Dagenham to get involved in World AIDS Day (December 1) this year, either by attending an all-day HIV testing service, making a donation to support local HIV services, or wearing a red ribbon to raise awareness.
November 23, 2009
THT marks World AIDS Day by releasing CD of interviews from Africans living with HIV
Interviewer: “If someone is sitting and listening now, and they’re living with HIV today, what would you say?”African woman with HIV: “I would tell them we’ve all cried at some point, but you don’t cry forever. You stop crying and get on with it, because there is life after an HIV diagnosis.”
November 23, 2009
No more bottom of the class thanks to THT’s new ‘Bum Boy’ campaign
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new campaign called ‘Bum Boy’ (www.bumboy.org.uk), teaching gay men in London just how HIV is passed on during unprotected anal sex. With little or no sex education relevant to young gay men in schools, this new campaign gives a valuable biology lesson to fill these important knowledge gaps.
November 23, 2009
Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru gets Cardiff and Newport involved in World AIDS Day
HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru (THT Cymru) is calling for people in Cardiff and Newport to get involved in World AIDS Day (December 1) this year, either by attending an event, making a donation to support local HIV services, or wearing a red ribbon to raise awareness.
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