NAT in the news

NAT works with the media to raise awareness of HIV and to campaign for change.

Below is a selection of recent features about NAT's work in the media.

The benefits of a civilised society

Guardian - 31/01/2012

 

Awareness, Testing Needed to Curb Hep C Infections Among HIV-Positive Gay Men
AIDS Meds - 31/01/2012

HIV's increasingly dangerous sidekick
So So Gay - 30/01/2012

Hepatitis C warning for HIV-positive men
Pink News - 27/01/2012

English public health indicators to include late HIV diagnosis
Aidsmap - 24/01/2012

Contraception: Brand Watch - Durex
Chemist and Druggist - 21/01/2012

Zimbabwe doing better than UK on HIV circumcision-implementation
Zim Eye - 14/12/2011

Rallying to save the UK's Human Rights Act
Our Kingdom - 13/12/2011

Unsafe sex: The more you drink the more likely you are to take risks – research
Independent.ie - 12/12/2011

HIV training for professionals
Chemist and druggist - 10/12/2011

I'm petrified of losing my benefits'
Morning Star - 09/12/2011 

Britain's hidden Aids victims
News Statesman - 02/12/2011

HIV treatment 'proving successful'
Private Healthcare UK - 02/12/2011

New drugs, vaccines, gels and foams are on the way
Times - 01/12/2011

From Ghana to a Peckham high-rise
Times - 01/12/2011

Risk to patients: Call for change in UK
Financial Times - 01/12/2011

Transfusions: Experts less than sanguine over risks from donated blood
Financial Times - 01/12/2011

NHS HIV restrictions 'out of step'
Mirror - 01/12/2011

Radio review: Gaydar Radio's World Aids Day special
Guardian - 01/12/2011

World Aids Day: Thirty-four million reasons to act
Independent - 01/12/2011

NHS worker HIV restrictions to be relaxed
Times - 01/12/2011

HIV sufferers could be allowed to work as surgeons and dentists
Daily Mail Online - 01/12/2011

World Aids Day: A Time of Hope, Reflection and Action
International Business Times - 01/12/2011

'HIV tests for all' proposed
NHS Choices - 01/12/2011

It's Not an Elephant in the Corner of the Room, It's a Virus
Huffington Post - 01/12/2011

Ed Miliband's praises National AIDS trust in 1 December video
Pink Paper - 01/12/2011

Study finds 30% of UK adults “need more information about HIV”
Pink News - 01/12/2011

Comment: Information and early diagnosis will be key to tackling HIV
Pink News - 01/12/2011

New CPD resource on HIV for healthcare professionals
Nursing Times -01/12/2011

Fashion supports World AIDS Day; We show you a few fashionable ways to get donating to World AIDS day
Telegraph - 01/12/2011

Act Aware this World AIDS Day
QX Magazine page 48 - 01/12/2011

Top chef donates recipe for World Aids Day campaign
Islington Gazette - 01/12/2011

Risk to patients: Call for change in UK
Financial Times - 30/11/2011 

Transfusions: Experts less than sanguine over risks from donated blood
Financial Times - 30/11/2011 

Government Should 'Take The Lead' In AIDS Awareness
Huffington Post - 30/11/2011

'HIV tests for all' proposed
NHS Choices - 30/11/2011

One in 20 gay men living with HIV as infection rate hits record high
Pink News - 29/11/2011

Fifth of patients 'shun HIV test'
BBC News - 29/11/2011

HIV/AIDS Cases Continue To Rise In The UK
News Tonight - 29/11/2011

HIV tests for all could pick up 20,000 new cases
Independent - 29/11/2011

Stars bake up a storm for Aids day
Evening Times - 29/11/2011

Ignorance to blame for HIV rise
Metro - 27/11/2011

Red Ribbon Cookies: Bake Aware with National AIDS Trust
Maison Cupcake - 26/11/2011

“6 deaths” linked to UK churches HIV advice
Pink Paper - 25/11/2011

HIV panic and Occupy London
Evening Standard - 25/11/2011

Keep Aware
Out in the City (page 80) - 23/11/2011

AIDS-related deaths drop by 21 per cent, say UNAIDS
Pink Paper - 23/11/2011

Fish pedicures risk - a red herring
Baseline - 17/11/2011

New NAT research into fluctuating symptoms of HIV
Baseline - 17/11/2011

Join Susan Cole in the NAT Activist Network
Baseline - 17/11/2011

Flagship London branch of Waterstone's to mark World AIDS Day with landmark quilt display
Pink Paper - 11/11/2011

Lifetime blood donation ban for gay men lifted today
Pink News - 07/11/2011

Doctors criticise London HIV drugs cost-cutting deal
BBC News - 01/11/2011

Wig Party
Out in the City (page 42) - 26/10/2011

Sex Education Should Be ‘opt-in’
E Politix - 26/10/2011

HIV diagnosis progress hampered by inaccurate online information
GP Online - 20/10/2011

National AIDS Trust Criticises Recent Reports of HIV Risk Associated with Fish Pedicures
Queer UK - 19/10/11

Help when you're troubled: getting the right psychological support
Aidsmap -13/10/2011

Hats off for the hair-raising Gods and Monsters Wig Party 2011
Now here this - Timeout - 30/09/2011 

Resolved - National AIDS Trust and Terrence Higgins Trust v Daily Mail
Press Complaints Commission- 30/09/2011

Gay men to be able to give blood
Independent - 08/09/2011

U.K. Survey: 'Fluctuating' HIV Symptoms Affect Work Ability and Daily Living
AIDSmeds -13/09/2011

Fluctuating symptoms have major impact on quality of life and fitness to work, survey finds
Aidsmap - 07/09/2011

House of Lords report: UK HIV strategy is ‘woefully inadequate’
Pink News - 31/08/2011

HIV specialist social workers and their importance
Community Care - 23/08/2011

Pass on herpes, go to jail? 
Guardian - 19/08/2011  

Educating (about) RITA: Scientific accuracy and HIV prosecutions
Baseline - 16/08/2011

Potential Misuse of HIV Test in Criminalization Case
Poz - 08/08/2011

New report explores implications of tests to estimate timing of HIV infection for criminal prosecutions
UNAIDS - 04/08/2011 

HIV patients losing out from cuts to specialist social workers
Community Care - 21/07/2011

Gay men ‘unaware of HIV symptoms’
Pink News - 20/07/2011

If you're HIV positive, safe sex isn't just about condoms
Guardian - 29/06/2011

NAT publish framework for tackling HIV in prisons
Pink Paper - 23/06/2011

'Medical triumph' of prolonging HIV positive lives
BBC News - 17/06/2011

This weekend marks 30th anniversary of first HIV cases but ignorance is growing, say National AIDS Trust
Pink News - 03/06/2011

London HIV services cut as infections rise
BBC News - 31/05/11

Daily Star columnist: ‘If Ricky Gervais was gay, you’d think he had AIDS’
Pink News - 12/04/11

Journalists gather for media summit on accurate HIV and AIDS reporting
Pink Paper - 07/04/11

Reader letter from Yusef Azad, Director of Policy and Campaigns at NAT on interview with Nadja Benaissa
Guardian Weekend - 26/03/11 

Immigration detainees 'denied life-saving drugs'
Independent on Sunday - 20/03/11

Health tourism: why the NHS became popular destination
Telegraph - 19/03/2011

10% of people think spitting transmits HIV
BBC News - 18/02/2011

One in 5 adults don't know HIV can be passed between a man and a woman not using a condom
Daily Mail - 18/02/2011

Poll finds gap in HIV awareness
Scotsman - 18/02/2011

Spanish researchers develop new Aids treatment
Telegraph - 03/02/2011

NAT release healthcare confidentiality guide for HIV patients
Pink Paper - 15/12/2010

Combating HIV
The Times - 01/12/2010

HIV and the NHS – a new relationship?
Financial Times - 01/12/2010

1 in 5 HIV sufferers facing bias at work
Metro - 01/12/2010 

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