The 2014 Terrence Higgins Trust Auction catalogue
The 2014 Terrence Higgins Trust Auction catalogue
The 2014 Terrence Higgins Trust Auction catalogue
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Preventing the spread of HIV<br />
Every day 17 more people are diagnosed with HIV and thousands are infected but<br />
are unaware of it. Through better testing, education and awareness – and with<br />
your help - we can stop HIV in its tracks.<br />
6,390 22%<br />
people<br />
were newly<br />
diagnosed with HIV in 2012.<br />
of people<br />
with HIV<br />
do not know they have it.<br />
What did we do to help over the past year<br />
10,000<br />
postal HIV testing kits<br />
have been sent out.<br />
200,000<br />
free condoms<br />
were distributed by <strong>Terrence</strong> <strong>Higgins</strong><br />
<strong>Trust</strong> staff and volunteers.<br />
1,190 10,000<br />
people<br />
had a<br />
rapid HIV test in London.<br />
Campaigning and advocacy<br />
people used our community sexual health<br />
services for a check-up, to be tested for<br />
sexually transmitted infections or to get contraception.<br />
We have come a long way in 30 years but people with HIV still face serious issues<br />
such as prejudice and discrimination. <strong>The</strong>y still struggle to get the healthcare and<br />
support they need. Here are the ways some of our successful lobbying campaigns<br />
have helped:<br />
• We successfully lobbied the Government<br />
to relax the rules banning gay and<br />
bisexual men from donating blood.<br />
• We successfully campaigned to allow<br />
everyone with HIV access to treatment<br />
regardless of their immigration status.<br />
We are currently campaigning for the<br />
following changes:<br />
• We want sex and relationship<br />
education (SRE) to be on the curriculum<br />
for all children. We believe that if SRE is<br />
taught properly it can delay sexual<br />
activity, reduce the number of people<br />
students have sex with and increase use<br />
of condoms and other contraceptives.<br />
• We were thrilled when the Government<br />
implemented an HPV vaccination<br />
programme for teenage girls in a bid<br />
to bring down cervical cancer rates.<br />
But we believe boys should be included in<br />
the programme as well. <strong>The</strong>re is increasing<br />
evidence of HPV-related head and neck<br />
cancer, anal cancer and penile cancer in<br />
men, as well as warts.<br />
Join us at tht.org.uk/campaign to help campaign for these changes.<br />
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