HIV

More than a quarter of sexual health clinics closed to new PrEP trial places

More than a quarter of the sexual health clinics involved in NHS England’s PrEP Impact Trial are currently closed to new recruits, despite a promised expansion, a health minister has revealed.…

New hepatitis C infections have dropped almost 70% in HIV+ men in London since 2015, study shows

Incidence of hepatitis C has fallen by almost 70% in HIV positive men who have sex with men living in London since 2015, according to research presented at a major HIV conference.…

Expanded PrEP trial places to be opened soon, NHS England confirms

NHS England has announced that it will now start to release additional spaces on its PrEP Impact Trial.…

NHS England offers to fund doubling of PrEP trial

NHS England has said it will fund the doubling of the size of its trial of the HIV prevention drug PrEP to provide an additional 13,000 patients with the drug.…

HIV diagnoses continue to decline as UK meets global prevention targets, says PHE

Public Health England has hailed the UK’s efforts to prevent the spread of HIV a success, as the number of new patients diagnosed with the infection continues to decline.…

PrEP rollout has cut new HIV diagnoses, finds Australian study

Rollout of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV has resulted in a rapid decrease of new infections among men who have sex with men, according to data collected in New South Wales, Australia.…

New HIV diagnoses in the UK continue to decline, says PHE

New HIV diagnoses in the UK have continued to decline over the past decade, with a substantial decrease between 2015–2017, according to the annual HIV report from Public Health England, published on 4 September 2018.…

Charity steps in to fund PrEP access in England and NI

A leading HIV and sexual health charity has announced that it will launch a pre-exposure prophylaxis access fund in autumn 2018 to support people in England and Northern Ireland who cannot access or afford the drug.…

Action must be taken now to rejuvenate global HIV response, say leading experts

The HIV pandemic is not on track to end by 2030 and the world must take immediate steps to rejuvenate the HIV response, following through on its HIV-related commitments, according to a report from a Lancet commission led by the International AIDS Society.…

Charity managing England PrEP trial closed down

The charitable trust managing England’s PrEP impact trial has been wound down by its trustees.…