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Pank Sethi, member of our Community Advisory Group, shares personal reflections on why HIV and prisons still matter in 2026.

A new project by National AIDS Trust will set out clear priorities beyond the health service to ensure that no one is left behind in the goal to end the HIV epidemic. 

Our young people advisory group reflect on the importance of young people involvement's in HIV policy and what they hope to see in the future.

Adam Freedman, Adam Freedman, our Policy, Research and Influencing Manager, writes about how people at risk of discrimination in Northern Ireland have been left behind the rest of the UK for far too long, with weaker discrimination laws - and people living with and at risk of acquiring HIV are one of many groups that are detrimentally affected.

Chloe Orkin, the Professor of Infection and Inequities at the Queen Mary University of London, talks about her career working in HIV.

To mark international HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day (HINAC Day), Kat Smithson reflects on the many examples of the criminalisation of HIV that she has seen in the UK over the past decade, and the damage that this broken approach continues to do.

Oluwakemi Agunbiade, our Policy and Research Officer, writes how National AIDS Trust is proud to have collaborated with the NHS England team, alongside ViiV and many of the people who contributed to our original findings, on the development of an e-learning module: ‘Breaking barriers in HIV care’.

We spoke to Dr Barber, an HIV and Sexual Health Consultant at the Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital, and Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Health at UCL, about his work.

Joe Parry, our Director of Communications and Engagement, write about the theme of LGBT+ History Month 2024, Medicine – #UnderTheScope, and the opportunity to reflect on the intertwined histories of HIV, as a medical and social issue, and LGBT+ community activism.

Daniel Fluskey, our Director of Policy, Research and Influencing, on the Positive Voices report - the largest survey of people living with HIV - and how it must provoke significant change in HIV action.

We spoke with Edward Russell, the host of Queerty-nominated podcast Inside The Groove – which celebrates the work of Madonna – and will be hosting a live World AIDS Day special.

Annie Howard, our Policy and Research Manager, on how HIV stigma and discrimination remain major barriers to accessing services worldwide. Understanding and addressing stigma is critical to achieving zero discrimination and strategies to end HIV and AIDS by 2030.