We are hugely excited to announce the new PrEP guidelines with our colleagues at @BASHH_UK . The full guideline can be found here

We have just published our updated Standards of Psychological Support for Adults Living with HIV . The Standards provide evidence-based guidelines for psychological support in HIV care, ensuring accessibility, quality, and integration. Find them here

We look forward to continuing our quest, with her support, to improve HIV healthcare and prevention in the UK.

We are delighted to hear of Professor Susan Hopkins’ appointment as the new Chief Executive Officer of the UK Health Security Agency (@UKHSA). She has been exemplary in her role as Chief Medical Adviser to UKHSA, demonstrating calm, clear and collaborative leadership at all times.

The BBC highlights the threat to HIV support services through funding cuts, despite the government's pledge of zero new HIV diagnoses by 2030 @Positively_UK @NAT_AIDS_Trust .

RT @BritishHIVAssoc: Are you planning on sitting the Diploma in HIV Medicine? You can now register for the BASHH-BHIVA revision course on 1….

@hivta_uk @BASHH_UK @STASHH_UK.

Are you planning on sitting the Diploma in HIV Medicine? You can now register for the BASHH-BHIVA revision course on 11th September covering key topics. Link to register and programme can be found here:

RT @4Mproject: International #WomenandHIV workshop 2026. Please save the date.💚

RT @crageshri: Are you:.✅working in a UK sexual health service that provides #PrEP,.AND.✅willing to take part in a 15 minute survey?.We are….

The key changes are also summarised in this @HIV_Medicine paper.

Applications are open for the Blueprint from CHIVA, a support programme for young adults living with HIV. Find out more here - apply by 21 July.

We are pleased to share the launch of the Declaration on Advanced HIV Disease: A Public Health Emergency. It is a call from colleagues in over 40 African civil society, PLHIV, and community orgs to put AHD on the global agenda. Read the Declaration here.

We welcome the news that home-testing kits will be offered to women and people with a cervix who haven’t come forward for vital health checks as part of the cervical screening programme . Find out more here:

Only 3.1% of PREP users in England are women but were around for 30% of new HIV diagnoses in England in 2023. Great to hear this BBC coverage on the topic of PrEP for women from @JennyWhetham and @AnneAslett1 .

🚨You have ONE more day to vote in the BHIVA regional trustee elections. Information and link to vote are in member's email inboxes on Thursday 12th June.

❓Are you involved in the management of HIV in the pre-conception, pregnancy or post partum periods? Don't miss out on the new BHIVA updated guidelines - including leaflets on feeding choices. Find them here

Members, don't forget to have your say in the BHIVA regional trustee elections - link to vote was sent by email on Thursday 12th June.

BHIVA welcomes the announcement by DHSC boosting NHS research and look forward to seeing this progress.

HIV is one of the most salient examples of how time sensitive research, supported by clinicians, academics, the community and pharma working together, can totally change the outcome of a disease.