In this, our third anniversary issue, we look at the current hot topic in HIV; ageing as well as focusing on the unique challenges faced by women living with HIV in the UK. Tom Matthews questions why World AIDS Day has never focused on gay men. If you are looking for a place to retreat to in 2013, consider Couffy in France. See inside for more details. We debut two campaigns; Saving Lives - a campaign to promote HIV testing and Stand Tall Get Snapped, a photographic exhibition documenting the lives of people living with HIV in the UK, which will go a long way to counter stigma and challenge outdated ways of thinking about HIV. Stand Tall Get Snapped, 30 HIV Positive People opens at the Reading Room gallery www.readingroom.com/gallery in Frith Street, Soho, London from 23rd November until 4th January 2013. The exhibition will travel to the Nexus Art Café http://nexusartcafe.com in Manchester in March and The Virginia Gallery http://thevirginiagallery.co.uk Glasgow in June. There’s a sneak preview of the campaign in this issue. See http://standtallgetsnapped30hivpeople.tumblr.com to view all the images. Visit www.worldaidsday.org to find out what’s happening on December 1st where you live. Whatever you are doing, we hope you have time to remember those you may have lost as well as celebrating living with HIV. If you want to stay connected with us, please download our smart phone app, join our Facebook Group BASELINE or sign up for our twitter updates @baselinetweet. Wishing you all a healthy 2013. Contact the team: Editor: Robert Fieldhouse robert@baseline-hiv.co.uk Associate Editor: Jane Phillips editor@baseline-hiv.co.uk News Editor: Chris O’Connor chris@baseline-hiv.co.uk
Autumn 2012
Editorial Administrator: Tom Matthews Development Manager & Photographer: David Rowlands david@baseline-hiv.co.uk Proof reader: Michael Duggan Designer: Gareth Williams Intern: Daniel Jon
In this issue 04 bylines 06 letters 08 headline: uk news 12 myline: Joseph Healy 13 headline: global news 16 ageing and HIV 20 always positive 28 NAT feature: discrimination in death 31 NAT’s 25th birthday 32 national HIV testing week 34 hotline 36 myline: Tom Matthews 38 i-base Q and A 40 stand tall get snapped 46 myline: martin jones 47 BASELINE Congratulates 48 headline: treatment news 50 life assurance 52 Kenya: BASELINE report 55 the last session 56 retreat to couffy 60 :headline: hepatitis news 64 lifeline 66 finelines and numbers
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