Women account for more than half the number of people living with HIV worldwide.

This epidemic unfortunately remains an epidemic of women

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Panellists

Susan Cole - Susan is an award-winning HIV activist, broadcaster, writer and public speaker, advocating for people living with HIV for two decades. She leads the community engagement and broadcasting activities for the HIV information charity NAM aidsmap, producing and hosting the live broadcast series aidsmapLIVE for a global audience of people living with HIV. She has previously worked for a number of NGOs including the UK Coalition of People Living with HIV, the National AIDS Trust and has serves as a Trustee of the Children’s HIV Association & the Women’s HIV charity the Sophia Forum. 

She is particularly passionate about issues affecting women and people of colour living with HIV, writing and presenting about the health inequities they face. She is a member of the Global HIV Collaborative, 4M Network of Mentor Mothers and serves as a community representative of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) HIV Special Interest Group. 

Professor Yvonne Gilleece - Honorary Clinical Professor and Consultant in HIV Medicine & Sexual Health at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust. She is a national and international lead on HIV in Women and is Chair of the BHIVA Pregnancy Guidelines, Vice Chair of WAVE, Chair of SWIFT, promoting research in women living with HIV. She is currently the Honorary Secretary of BHIVA. She also specialises in HIV and Bone and HIV and Hepatitis Coinfection & Liver Dysfunction.

Martha Tholanah - Advocacy Associate at Making Waves in Harare, Zimbabwe

Sophie Strachan - Director Sophia Forum - Sophie sits on the HIV Action Plan Oversight Group and the Vision for HIV in London Community Advisory Group. Sophie sits on Public Health England SHARE (Surveillance of HIV Acquired Recently; Enhanced) Advisory Group

Juddy Ottie - HIV Support and Prevention Manager-AAF / One Voice Network representative

Jacquie Richardson - CEO Positive Life Northern Ireland

Forty years after the first cases of HIV-related illnesses and deaths, knowledge and understanding of HIV among the public is often patchy and confused and significant levels of stigma and discrimination remain. 

HIV remains a highly stigmatised and misunderstood heath condition. Outdated and harmful beliefs about HIV perpetuate stigma, discrimination and shame so people fail to take care of their sexual health or have HIV tests. 

While we celebrate medical advances meaning people living with HIV on effective treatment can’t pass the virus on, this message isn’t getting through. The public are confused about HIV, how it’s transmitted, and how it affects people living with it. 

Healthcare professionals play a significant role in helping raise awareness and providing accurate information about HIV. National AIDS Trust knows from our own experiences there is mixed knowledge about HIV across healthcare workers, and this adds to stigma and confusion about the condition.

The four Government in the UK have agreed to end new cases of HIV by 2030 and improving training about HIV for healthcare workers is vital to achieving this. Training for health professionals, alongside improving public awareness, must form a key component of any Action Plan to end HIV.  

Our Panellists are”

Mark Santos - Director - Positive East

Darren Knight - CEO - George House Trust

Hannah Ward - Director Of Policy - National AIDS Trust

Jo Josh - Member of UK-CAB

Helen McDowell - Head of Government Affairs and Global Public Health - ViiV Healthcare

Juddy Akelo - One Voice Network

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With increased access to HIV medicines across the globe, substantial progress has been made in reaching the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets - 90% of all PLHIV in a community or a country are aware of their HIV status; 90% of those aware will be accessing treatment and 90% of those on treatment will have suppressed viral loads. As improvements in HIV medicines continue and increasing numbers of people benefit from these advancements, the average age of people living with HIV is expected to rise, with those aged 50 or over predicted to increase to almost nine million globally by 2020.

This event will discuss what does it mean for someone living with HIV to have a good quality of life?

The Panellists:

Jim Fielder - Head of Living Well, Terrence Higgins Trust

Cheryl Gowar - Policy and Campaigns Manager, National AIDS Trust

Darren Knight - Chief Executive, George House Trust

Dr Leena Sathia - Medical Director HIV, Gilead Sciences 

Professor Caroline Sabin - Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at UCL and vice-chair of BHIVA. 

Mike Podmore - Director, STOPAIDS 

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The Panellists:

Dr Michael Brady

Dr Michael Brady is a Sexual Health and HIV Consultant at King's College Hospital and the first National Adviser for LGBT Health. Dr Brady is also Medical Director of the Terrence Higgins Trust.

Dr Valerie Delpech

Dr Valerie Delpech is a medical epidemiologist based at Public Health England and leads a team of scientists and data managers to monitor the HIV epidemic and quality of care people living with HIV receive in the United Kingdom. 

 Dr David Chadwick 

Dr David Chadwick is an Infectious Diseases specialist at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough,

Dr Elizabeth Kihika

Dr Elizabeth Kihika is the Programs Manager for AMS (Alice Medical Service) in Uganda.

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Panellists:

Max Appenroth

Max is a trans activist and diversity consultant from Berlin. Max is currently doing their PhD at the Institute of Public Health at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. They are the coordinator of the Trans Men & Working Group for the international oragnization GATE - Global Action for Trans Equality. 

Michelle Ross

Co-founder of cliniQ and Director of Holistic Wellbeing Services, with an overview of how our services work holistically for our clients, and she is the lead on our training programme. Michelle is a BACP accredited psychotherapist and has been involved with sexual health, HIV & well-being for over 30 years. Michelle is a member of IRGT: A Global Network of Trans Women advocating for trans issues in the international HIV response.

Erika Castellanos

Erika is a trans and HIV activist from Belize residing in the Netherlands. Erika is currently the Director of Programs at Global Action for trans* Equality and serves as Board Member for the Communities Delegation in the Board of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. 

Eli Fitzgerald

Eli is a trans man living with HIV. He is a human rights activist and campaigner, for transgender people and for people living with HIV.  

Dr. Kate Z. Nambiar

Is a speciality a Specialty Doctor in Sexual Health & HIV Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Rory Finn

Is a queer trans man living and working in Brighton & Hove. He is a Health Promotion Practitioner for Terrence Higgins Trust. His work includes the development of trans engagement in sexual health services, promoting good sexual health and HIV prevention. He recently co-authored the new revised THT trans sexual health resource.