{"id":3367,"date":"2016-11-23T08:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T08:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3367"},"modified":"2024-02-22T17:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:22:33","slug":"national-hiv-testing-week-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/national-hiv-testing-week-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"National HIV Testing Week 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Today is mid-way through &nbsp;National and European HIV Testing Week 2016. &nbsp;It has been a busy week this year. &nbsp;We have helped lots of people to get tested for HIV all over the UK, Ireland and Spain. &nbsp;We have also been donating to the Terrence Higgins Trust for every HIV test that we have sold on its own or as part of a screen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smiling-doctor-1-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7654\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smiling-doctor-1-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smiling-doctor-1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smiling-doctor-1-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smiling-doctor-1-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/smiling-doctor-1-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the week is to support and encourage regular HIV testing for anyone who is at risk. &nbsp;This can include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>MSM (Men who have sex with men), their partners<\/li><li>People of African origin and their partners<\/li><li>Sex workers, their clients and their clients partners<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Around half of all new HIV infections each year are in the heterosexual community, and half in the gay community. &nbsp;There are around 6,000 new HIV infections in the UK each year, that is over 16 every day. &nbsp;Around 1 in 5 people who are HIV positive are not aware of their status. &nbsp;This means they are not getting treatment. &nbsp;This means they are more likely to pass the infection on to their partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important thing with HIV is to get treatment quickly before the virus causes long lasting damage to your body. &nbsp;These days, there no longer needs to be a &#8220;cocktail of drugs&#8221; with many HIV positive patients taking just one pill a day. &nbsp;This pill helps people lead a normal life, and often, with the right medical supervision, it can reduce your viral load to &#8220;undetectable&#8221;. &nbsp;This does not mean you are cured. &nbsp;If you stop taking your medication your viral load will rise again. &nbsp;It does mean that the HIV virus is well controlled, causing minimal damage to your body. &nbsp;There have also been no recorded instances of someone with an undetectable viral load passing the virus on. &nbsp;Good news for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are worried about your HIV status, please contact us, and we will answer you questions and help you to book your appointment. &nbsp;We are continuing to donate to the Terrence Higgins Trust until 2 December 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is mid-way through &nbsp;National and European HIV Testing Week 2016. &nbsp;It has been a busy week this year. &nbsp;We have helped lots of people to get tested for HIV all over the UK, Ireland and Spain. &nbsp;We have also been donating to the Terrence Higgins Trust for every HIV test that we have sold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1988,3285,1034,1027,3287,1005,908,1611,1399,3286,774,655,1033,1026,1025,735,597,1609,1604,639],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7655,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions\/7655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3367"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}