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All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS & Sexual Health

@appghiv.bsky.social

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS & Sexual Health Co-Chaired by David Mundell MP Florence Eshalomi MP Baroness Barker and Michael Payne MP

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Thank you to ‪@michaelpaynemp.bsky.social‬, Co-Chair of the @appghiv.bsky.social, for chairing a panel of leaders in the #HIV response, Professor Steve Powis, Juddy Otti,
‪@grantsugden.bsky.social‬ and ‪@richardangell.bsky.social‬

20.05.2025 15:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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We attended today’s @nat.org.uk-#HIVOutcomesUK- @appghiv.bsky.social event launching their report on the state of HIV VCSE sector.

Juddy Otti #AfricaAdvocacyFdn spoke to the work of Black and women-led organisations who not only support people living with HIV but are driving innovation forward.

20.05.2025 16:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Important message at the @appghiv.bsky.social drop-in.

End the postcode lottery and invest in services for everyone living with HIV.

Proud to support efforts to improve health and quality of life for people living with HIV across the UK.

21.05.2025 13:02 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Policy and commissioning must recognise we cannot end HIV cases without the voluntary sector This week, the APPG on HIV & Sexual Health and the National AIDS Trust co-hosted a packed and powerful reception to mark the launch of HIV Outcomes...

Michael Payne MP reports on the importance of the voluntary sector in ending HIV transmission in the UK @politicshome.bsky.social
@appghiv.bsky.social @nat.org.uk @hivoutcomes.bsky.social

23.05.2025 11:03 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I’m a doctor specialising in HIV – we should be very afraid of cuts to Aids funding Hospitals will see a surge of people with Aids-related conditions that we should no longer see in this age of effective treatment, warns Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan

I wrote about the devastating impact that international aid cuts will have on the HIV sector globally for @the-independent.com

“We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.”

www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...

26.04.2025 06:09 — 👍 27    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 2
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Attending @bhiva.bsky.social conference in Brighton this morning.

Looking forward to hear from @richardangell.bsky.social James Cole Juddy Otti @profygilleece.bsky.social Alessandro Ceccarelli and Caroline Sabin

#BHIVA2025

24.04.2025 07:08 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

GS-US-382-5445 is the first HIV cure trial conducted in Africa, and in an entirely female population!

Vesatolimod + 2 bNAbs (VRC07-525LD + CAP256V2LS) was well tolerated & yielded durable ART-free virological control in 20% & atypical rebound dynamics in 40%

#croi2025

10.03.2025 18:18 — 👍 89    🔁 13    💬 4    📌 0
A person, holding a US flag, is dressed as a Handmaiden, from the Handmaid's Tale. In the foreground, a man wears a CROI 2025 San Francisco backpack.

A person, holding a US flag, is dressed as a Handmaiden, from the Handmaid's Tale. In the foreground, a man wears a CROI 2025 San Francisco backpack.

Assembled BHIVA, BASHH and other UK representatives stand at the Save Our Sciences protest.

Assembled BHIVA, BASHH and other UK representatives stand at the Save Our Sciences protest.

The huge impact of US funding cuts are clear at #CROI2025 conference - with every session reporting crisis.

Poster spots left empty as registrants unable to attend.

Increased #HIV mortality predicted.

#BHIVA & UK protestors demonstrating in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.

#SaveOurSciences

11.03.2025 10:47 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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Empower women and girls! 💪🏽

End HIV & AIDS by improving access to healthcare, educating on prevention, enforcing protective laws, investing in research, & promoting economic independence.

🌍 Let's create a stigma-free world where every woman can thrive.#EndHIV #IWD2025

08.03.2025 11:35 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations on your appointment Baroness Chapman to be the Minister for International Development.

We look forward to working with you to ensure the UK's longstanding commitment to global health & development, particularly in the fight against HIV & AIDS continues

28.02.2025 18:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#HIV is NOT a crime❗
🔺 #HIV decriminalisation is possible even in challenging political environments @edwinjbernard.bsky.social
🔺 Discrimination is very costly for health & economically Baroness L Barker @appghiv.bsky.social
🔺 Peer support is a lifeline & needs to be funded @stracs.bsky.social

28.02.2025 10:25 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
Daniel Fluskey, National AIDS Trust Director of Policy, Research, and Influencing

Daniel Fluskey, National AIDS Trust Director of Policy, Research, and Influencing

Earlier in the week, our Director of Policy Daniel Fluskey presented the results of our research on criminalisation at an event in Parliament.

Thank you @appghiv.bsky.social for marking #HIVisNotaCrime Awareness Day and for the chance to share our work.

28.02.2025 10:27 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Thanks for a moving & inspiring evening in these difficult times. #HIV decriminalisation NOW! @hivjustice.net @sophiaforum.bsky.social @nationalaidstrust.bsky.social @appghiv.bsky.social @frontlineaids.bsky.social @thtorguk.bsky.social

28.02.2025 10:34 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
HJN's ED, Edwin J Bernard, wearing a suit, delivering a speech.

HJN's ED, Edwin J Bernard, wearing a suit, delivering a speech.

Our ED @edwinjbernard.bsky.social speaking at @ukparliament.parliament.uk event hosted by @appghiv.bsky.social

HIV decriminalisation is possible, even in challenging political environments. But it takes:
✅ Community leadership
✅ Parliamentary action
✅ Global coordination
✅ Sustained funding

27.02.2025 17:30 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

🎙️And yet another news: you can hear the discussion we held with @benvyle.bsky.social; @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social; & @edftmxxx.bsky.social on doxypep in Michelle Croston's HIV Matters podcast's special 50th episode!

▶️https://www.hivmatterspodcast.co.uk/s5e7

@appghiv.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social

19.02.2025 10:37 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0
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The decision to cut Overseas Development Assistance to 0.3% of GDP from 0.5% must not undermine the UK's longstanding commitment to global health & development, particularly in the fight against HIV & AIDS.

We will continue to ensure HIV is not forgotten.

Our statement is here

25.02.2025 19:13 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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We welcome the news that the UK will co-host the 8th Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund alongside the South African government later this year.

This partnership underscores our unwavering commitment to ending AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and strengthening global health security.

18.02.2025 17:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ashely Dalton MP stands against a grey background. She's wearing a red wool blazer and a peach blouse. The caption says "Appointed
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of
Health and Social Care"

Ashely Dalton MP stands against a grey background. She's wearing a red wool blazer and a peach blouse. The caption says "Appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care"

Congratulations to @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social on her appointment to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention.

We look forward to working with her and the @appghiv.bsky.social on ending new #HIV cases and improving the quality of life for people living with HIV.

12.02.2025 15:32 — 👍 12    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Baroness Barker's Book Club - YouTube

Co chair @LizBarkerLords Book Club on 21 Feb 2025, celebrating LGBT+ History Month🌈

bit.ly/4hCrG9Z

She is joined by special panel with:

📖 @thisislisapower.bsky.social
⚖️ Robin Myra White
🗣️ Marc Thompson

Be part of this insightful conversation on LGBTQ+ rights, history & advocacy.

17.02.2025 10:08 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Proud to be a part of and speak at tonight’s LGBTQ+ History Month reception hosted by @appghiv.bsky.social

10.02.2025 21:22 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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🔉 @richardpyle.bsky.social @appghiv.bsky.social

10.02.2025 21:22 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Thanks to all who came along to the LGBTQ+ History Month reception last night cohosted by @appghiv.bsky.social BGIPU @eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org & Dr Frank Mugisha

We've come along way in LGBTQ+ rights but with hatred on the rise, we must do more & stand up for our rights & the LGBTQ+ community.

11.02.2025 11:40 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Not enough women are accessing PrEP, the game-changing #HIV prevention drug.

Thank you, David Mundell MP, Co-Chair of the @appghiv.bsky.social for raising this issue and for highlighting the need to make it available beyond #SexualHealth services to increase access to everyone who needs it.

31.01.2025 09:36 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Trump’s new White House logo. White line drawing of the White House on a dark blue background. The US flag flies on top of the building.

Trump’s new White House logo. White line drawing of the White House on a dark blue background. The US flag flies on top of the building.


Impact of Trump's executive orders on #GlobalHealth:

i-base.info/htb/50142

The stop-work order for PEPFAR put 20 million #PLWH at risk, with 1 million already denied ART

#HIV #AIDS #PEPFAR #ARVs #Africa #EndAIDS

02.02.2025 21:26 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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As a person living with #HIV, I can’t help see the parallels between what’s happening to federal agencies like #USAID or the #CDC and a virus that attacks your immune system, takes over a cell’s internal mechanisms for its own purposes and then obliterates the host cell.

03.02.2025 21:48 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Notification at this web site.

Notification at this web site.

The University of Washington's National HIV Curriculum, headed by Dr. David Spach, is one of the best on-line resources for HIV information anywhere.

I refer people to it *all the time*.

Really hoping valuable resources like this are up and running again soon. #IDSky
www.hiv.uw.edu

03.02.2025 22:01 — 👍 85    🔁 26    💬 6    📌 3
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The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning.

Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals.

Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

31.01.2025 22:27 — 👍 557    🔁 305    💬 14    📌 32
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Two weeks to go 📆

National HIV Testing Week kicks off on 10 Feb, and it’s never been easier to test. Testing is quick, free, and fits around your life.

You can order a test to your now home at freetesting.hiv

31.01.2025 19:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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During yesterdays urgent question on women’s health, co chair David Mundell MP highlighted the issue of PrEP and its uptake among women.

What’s the question here 👇

#PrEP #HIV #Women

@bhiva.bsky.social @bashhuk.bsky.social @nationalaidstrust.bsky.social @thtorguk.bsky.social

31.01.2025 04:22 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

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