Can’t let
my meds mess
Blue, yellow or (RED) With a general election just a few short months away, it’s easy for us to become a little too introspective.
up my night,. they Can
But when the ‘Me, Me, Me’ of personality politics has hushed; the same global issues (and many more home-grown ones) will still be there wanting solutions.
wait…
The driving forces behind (PRODUCT)RED™ have gone into overdrive of late. Election campaigners can learn a lot from their PR a mix of simple messaging, seductively presented products. Overall stunning simplicity which never trivialises the seriousness of the issue of AIDS in Africa. IMO it works; but check it out for yourself at www.joinred.com and join the campaign. Thanks to all the clinics who have agreed to distribute free copies of BASELINE; if you’d like more next time send us an email to editor4baseline@hotmail.co.uk If you are a reader, you can get your own e-copy of the magazine by sending an email to the same address. Please join our facebook group (BASELINE) and follow us on twitter (Baselinetweet). TM
Editor:
Robert Fieldhouse
Associate Editor: Jane Phillips
Sub Editor: Joanne Russell
Editorial Support: Tom Mathews
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In this issue
4 byline 5 drop-us-a-line 6 (PRODUCT)RED™ 8 headline: uk 16 headline: global 18 Hep ‘B’e aware 22 confidentiality: NAT special 24 headline: TB 26 masculine: built to last 31 headline: healthy living 33 lifeline: positive bloggers 34 hotline 38 headline: treatment 40 myline: Jim Davis 42 7 hopes for a new Government 44 Q & A: i-base 46 stigma 50 lifeline: HIV support groups 52 HIV and mental health 55 punchline: kope 56 HIV life assurance 59 caring with confidence 60 myline: Jeffrey Huw 63 myline: Julie Musonda 65 headline: hepatitis 66 fineline: europe 03