National AIDS Trust works to protect and defend human rights for everyone at risk of or living with HIV. We believe, alongside the WHO, that: “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being”.
Hostile environment policies deter migrants from accessing the care they need and will continue to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic unless significant changes are made.
The Muslim community in the UK experiences a greater range of health inequalities than the wider population, particularly older people, with over 24 per cent of Muslims aged 50 years and above reporting poor or very poor health.
HIV is considered a disability from the point of diagnosis and therefore is protected under the 2010 Equality Act.
"My name is Robert and I have HIV. My story is an old one that has come back into the news because of the infected blood inquiry."
NAT and BHIVA have today published new guidance to support HIV care in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs).
World Health Day, organised by the World Health Organisation, is a global awareness day celebrated on 7th April each year to draw attention to a subject of importance to global health. This year the theme is universal health coverage.
Confidentiality of patient information is one of the most ancient and important principles of medicine. If doctors tell other people what we tell them, many of us would avoid healthcare and as a result get sick, and possibly die. Infectious diseases would spread in the population unchecked. That’s why there are well established rules in law and medical ethics both to require confidentiality and also lay down the rare circumstances where confidentiality might be breached.
This Wednesday the House of Lords will be voting on two vitally important amendments to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. If these amendments are not accepted it will mean that future claimants of Employment and Support Allowance (Work Related Activity Group) will face a £30 a week cut to their income.
