The 2014 Terrence Higgins Trust Auction catalogue

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