Monthly injections of long-acting cabotegravir (ViiV Healthcare) and rilpivirine (Edurant, Janssen) can suppress HIV as well as daily oral antiretroviral treatment, according to results from the ATLAS (NCT02951052) and FLAIR
Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt has today appointed the first ever National Adviser for LGBT Health in the NHS, and Advisory Panel - fulfilling the Government’s commitment to improving lives as set out in the landmark LGBT Action Plan.
Britain’s first national adviser for LGBT+ health has said the roll-out of a highly effective HIV prevention pill could save hundreds of thousands of pounds for the country’s publicly funded health authority.
It's heartening that two new men have been "cured" of HIV, but they won't dismantle the stigma or pharmaceutical greed that HIV-positive people deal with every day.
Courts have ruled in favour of a teenager who wants medical treatment in his gender transition, despite the opposition of his father, in a ruling that grants trans kids more legal rights and protections.
People living with HIV who belong to marginalized communities and have faced discriminatory or unwelcome behaviour at public health centres, have a reason to cheer.
