Joining the Global @FastTrackCities Initiative on 5-10-22 @IAPAC @BhamCityCouncil @uhbtrust @UKHSA_WestMids Eliminating #HIV #HepB #HepC & #TB by 2030
Birmingham
Joined September 2022
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Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Tonight our Medical Director @DocSteveTaylor spoke at the #Birmingham #WorldAIDSDay event.
Under “The Ribbons” he spoke of the importance getting #PrEP to women who need it & the phenomenal success of the UK #EmergencyDepartments Opt out #HIV #BBV testing program
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
NEWS
Great NEWS coming out of @10DowningStreet this evening ahead of #WorldAIDSday The UK Government is committing £27M to extend the Emergency Department #HIV opt out testing program. 👏👏 This will definitely Save Lives & help to end HIV transmission by 2030
Wow that would be an amazing collaboration between ourselves @healthybrum @uhbtrust we should also talk with @DrJV75 @BSol_ICS @SavingLivesUK
@suleman_subeena hi I’m with Keiran McKenzie. He says that we have a lot in common as did @SalmaYaqoob you may be interested in what we are doing with #HealthInequalities & links btwn primary & 2ndary care the SouthEast Asian community & @BhamFTCI bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c703…
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Fantastic news and many congratulations @uhbtrust and @DocSteveTaylor! So pleased Birmingham is now part of the opt-out BBV testing programme - a major commitment of the #HIVActionPlan aimed at expanding HIV testing and linkage to life saving care.
@DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland @OHID
Fantastic day at @uhbtrust #emergencyDepartment as #OptOut #HIV and #Hepatitis testing goes live . Everyone having blood taken in the ED department will now have additional blood samples taken for these viruses. Without a doubt this will save so many lives
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
U=U is a scientific fact 🧬
People living with #HIV are just as able to have full and pleasurable sex lives as anyone else ❤️
Let's spread facts, not stigma 🫂
#UequalsU #CantPassItOn #ZeroRisk
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Breakthrough in HIV PrEP:
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Demonstrated 100% Efficacy and Superiority to Daily Truvada® for HIV Prevention. DSMB stops the PURPOSE trial gilead.com/news-and-press/pr…
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Total respect and thanks to all of the @SavingLivesUK and @HIVHeartlands volunteers flying the flag for #Hiv #Hepatitis and #SexualHealth awareness at @BirminghamPride this weekend! Have a great time 🥰🥰👍🙏🏽 #UequalsU @BrumLeader @BSol_ICS @ichoosemag
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
If we don’t prioritize children, We will not have a free HIV Generation.!
@unicef_aids @gnpplus @Yplus_Global @UNAIDS_UG @floriako @lmworeko
"If we don’t bring children into our conversations & prioritize their needs, we will not be able to end AIDS in children." – @Nawanyagaglori1, #GlobalAlliance Champion to end AIDS in Children by 2030.
Cc: @unicef_aids @UNAIDS @MinofHealthUG
#ZeroNewInfections
#EndAIDS2030
Opt-out #HIV and #Hepatitis testing in Emergency Department is an absolute game changer Just ask @IanJackson50 @DocSteveTaylor and @VictoriaAtkins
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
This International Women's Day, let's highlight the challenges women face in the HIV response, from late diagnoses, stigma, and underrepresentation in research 👊
More inclusive healthcare and open conversations are needed to support and uplift women with HIV 🙏
@ViiVHC
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
@DocSteveTaylor Loved your insights on PrEP oral, PrEP injectables and pragmatic down-to-earthness!- come and visit in #CT!!!
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Last Leg: Denver-JFK-LDN-Bham 😵💫😵💫
#CROI2024 Highlights for me:
1. CARES Study
2. DoxyPEP
3. @WHO HepB guidelines
4. LADVANCE study
5. Syphilis & Prevention
6. Plenaries on TB & Long Acting Agents
7. Meeting @LindaGailBekker, @MonicaGandhi9 @jmmolinaparis
@londonpatient 😊
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
#CROI2024 First time in person for a very long time. Looking forwards to catching up with international colleagues. and listening to some great science. If only I could work the app 🙄
Today we had our First FTC+ meeting of the new Year. Some fantastic initiatives are happening:
Opt out #HepatitisC testing in @uhbtrust maternity depts.
Opt out #HIV & #Hepatitis testing in #ED depts
Opportunistic #BBV testing in Latent #TB, Expansion of #HIV positive peers
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Dear colleagues & friends can you help? /RT?
I have been using positiveplusone.com/ in my clinic for new patients. It’s great but lacking women & people of colour. Are any of you who are open about your diagnosis able make some posts so it’s welcoming to all End #HIVStigma – at Warwick, England
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Supporting a new diagnosis through peers is going to be a priority when opt-out testing is rolled out in Birmingham. We are determined that Positive Peers will be at the heart of that peer support/mentoring #optout #Birmingham #HIV #PeerSupport
I also asked @mariamkhan29 about what support is out there for those who test positive for HIV, including groups like @peers_positive
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
I wholeheartedly agree @maggie_erewash
When you introduced the first Opt Out Testing programme, you changed 1000s of lives for the better. 👏🏻👏🏽👏🏿
& prevented future transmissions. Life saving stuff. 💪🏻💪🏼💪🏿
Great to see your legacy being extended. Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you @maggie_erewash for all you have done to champion opt-out HIV testing.
The expansion of opt-out HIV testing to 46 more hospitals across the country takes us one step closer to ending the HIV epidemic in England and changing thousands of lives along the way.
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
Thank you also for the Q on opt-out testing- @David4BKH. I have committed to write to Govt asking for an expansion of the pilot to include the entire West Midlands region & I also recognised the great work by @peers_positive
Fast-Track Cities+ Birmingham retweeted
It was great to visit the stall held by the Public Health Team @healthybrum ahead of Full Council today on the important work around @BhamFTCI - even more timely after #WorldAIDSDay2023 last week. Wonderful to be joined by @David4BKH who has been so supportive of the initiative.
