Our thinking

We work closely with a range of different people - including other charities, people living with HIV, doctors, lawyers and other experts - and use all the latest evidence to develop fresh and independent thinking on HIV and to identify solutions. Our thinking influences national policy development and the actions of people and organisations across the UK who have the greatest impact on the lives of people living with HIV. We believe that by working in this way we can make the biggest difference to the largest number of lives.

Prevention and testing

More investment and fresh approaches are needed to give people the information they need to prevent the spread of HIV and ensure that if they are infected they are diagnosed as soon as possible.

Prevention and testing

People in greatest need

Asylum applicants, other people who do not have full UK residency status and prisoners are among the groups most seriously affected by HIV in the UK.

People in greatest need

Every day issues

People living with HIV often still face unfair treatment and unnecessary extra challenges across a range of every day issues.

Every day issues

Law, stigma and discrimination

HIV remains a highly stigmatised condition and one-third of people living with HIV have experienced HIV-related discrimination.

Law, stigma and discrimination

Public understanding

More than twenty-five years from the start of the HIV epidemic, knowledge about HIV among the general public is worryingly low and falling. This contributes both to the spread of HIV and to the discrimination which people living with HIV so often face.

Public understanding

HIV... All Grown Up?
Download our report examining the HIV epidemic in 2008, launched to mark NAT's 21st birthday.

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