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May

Press releases May, 2008

May 27 2008

National AIDS Trust says European Decision a Setback for Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected an HIV-positive Ugandan woman's claim to stay in the UK. Read the full article
May 20 1900

National AIDS Trust Welcomes Welsh Assembly Decision to Grant Health Care to Refused Asylum Seekers

Health Minister Edwina Hart has today announced Wales will now allow refused asylum seekers to access free health care. Read the full article
May 18 2008

World AIDS Day Vaccine

On the occasion of World AIDS Vaccine Day, Sunday 18 May 2008, Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of the National AIDS Trust confims the charity's support for the development of new methods of HIV prevention and calls on the government to intensify  its commitment to the development of a HIV vaccine which could save millions of lives. To find out more about the current situation with regards to vaccine research, read the comment piece from Seth Berkley of the International AIDS Vaccine Initative (IAVI) featured in the Guardians's 'Comment is free'. Read the full article
May 01 2008

Britain and Condoms: The On-Off Relationship

Nearly half (49 percent) of the British public don’t always use a condom when with a new sexual partner, according to the Ipsos MORI survey conducted for the National AIDS Trust.  In National Condom Week the National AIDS Trust is calling for new culture of condom use in the UK. Read the full article