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Latest news and press releases

Browse our archive of press releases and news about HIV and sexual health. 

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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.

November 19, 2009

Gordon Brown gives World AIDS Day message

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has recorded a message to mark World AIDS Day, which is on December 1st.

November 19, 2009

Terrence Higgins Trust gets Oxford involved in World AIDS Day

HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is calling for people in Oxford 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.

November 19, 2009

Terrence Higgins Trust gets Wolverhampton involved in World AIDS Day

HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is calling for people in Wolverhampton 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.