The HIV Podcast

Our summer mini-series continues! This mini series takes a dive into the world of denial and HIV. In part 2 Sarah and Jess take a look at why people can get stuck in HIV denial.SourcesDenial | Psychology TodayDenial as a Defense Mechanism (verywellmind.com)

Summer is here, so that must mean it's about time for a mini-series! This mini series takes a dive into the world of denial and HIV. In part 1 Sarah and Jess take a look at how denial plays a part in the different stages of grief. SourcesDenial | Psychology TodayDenial as a Defense Mechanism (verywellmind.com)

This week Jess shares further news and insight from the International AIDS Conference 2024 - including the huge leaps forward with Lenacapavir, hailed as "the closest we have ever been to an HIV vaccine", a game-changer for STI prevention with DoxyPrEP and Hans Berlin the pornstar! We have learnt so much, a huge thank you to everyone involved in such an incredible event!Sources HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient | Global development | The GuardianAIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference | AIDS 2024 | International AIDS Society (IAS) (iasociety.org)Get Involved With Our Podcast!Say our intro!It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a voice note of you saying "Welcome to The HIV Podcast" and send it to us! We'll read out who you are and anything else you'd like us to add. You can also put a little flare onto you intro - we love being surprised!Suggest a topicIf there is something, someone you think The HIV Podcast should consider covering, let us know!You can do this via Whatsapp, DM or email or even just leave us a note in the comments on social media!Email: office@tvps.org.ukWhatsapp: 07727666791Or find us on Instagram and Tiktok @TheHIVPodcast

This week Sarah and Jess have been virtually attending the 25th annual International AIDS Conference and in the first of two special episodes, they bring you some highlights from the conference!

We love a listener suggestion and this week's episode is just that! Sarah and Jess take a look at serodiscordant couples, where one person is HIV positive and one person is HIV negative and what effect that can have on the HIV negative person.SourcesCombined antiretroviral treatment and heterosexual transmission of HIV-1: cross sectional and prospective cohort study | The BMJHIV transmission risk among serodiscordant couples: a retrospective study of former plasma donors in Henan, China - PMC (nih.gov)When your partner is HIV negative | Terrence Higgins Trust (tht.org.uk)I’m starting a relationship with someone who has HIV, what do I need to know? | aidsmapLiving with a HIV-Positive Partner - Flo

This week Sarah and Jess are joined by the glorious Liz Tarrant! Liz is an HIV Specialist Nurse at the Florey Clinic, Reading, UK. The Florey Clinic is one of the two main sexual health clinics in Berkshire, that refer into TVPS, so Sarah and Jess know them well! Liz tells us all about what happens when you go for an HIV test, how clinics care for you once diagnosed and their jazzy new testing bus.....it may be a van, but we're sticking with bus!Useful infoOrder STI Home Test Kit - Safe Sex BerkshireFlorey Clinic - Safe Sex Berkshire

In Part 2 of HIV and Travel, Sarah and Jess take a closer look at a couple of wonderful organisations offering HIV support and advocacy, in countries that have HIV travel restrictions.Sourceshttps://www.lhaksam.org.bt/HOME | Brunei AIDS Council Official Website (bdaidscouncil.org)

The sun is out and people are jetting off on their summer holidays, so in the first of this two-parter, Sarah and Jess take a whistle stop tour around the globe to look at what restrictions there are, in different countries, for people planning to visit. SourcesUNAIDS and UNDP call on 48* countries and territories to remove all HIV-related travel restrictions | UNAIDSTravel restrictions for people with HIV | aidsmapHIVTravel - Home

Continuing on our sport theme, we take a look at the Gay Games, the biggest LGBT+ sports and culture event in the world, and more importantly we look at it's founder, Tom Waddell. Sarah and Jess also try and flex their language skills with some very poor French, in honor of the Paris Olympics!SourcesTom Waddell - WikipediaGay Games - Wikipedia Acrobats on the Empire State Building in 1935 (youtube.com)Gay GamesGet Involved With Our Podcast!Say our intro!It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a voice note of you saying "Welcome to The HIV Podcast" and send it to us! We'll read out who you are and anything else you'd like us to add. You can also put a little flare onto you intro - we love being surprised! Rant or a RaveIs there something that is grinding your gears (that is vaguely HIV related) or is there something or someone wonderful that you would like to shout about? Then send us a voicenote or email us!Voicenotes can be no more than 3 minutes and please note we may edit the podcast to keep with the timing of the episode.Suggest a topicIf there is something, someone you think The HIV Podcast should consider covering, let us know!You can do this via Whatsapp, DM or email or even just leave us a note in the comments on social media!Email: office@tvps.org.ukWhatsapp: 07727666791Or find us on Instagram and Tiktok @TheHIVPodcast