Current campaigns
In our social marketing campaigns we draw on the practises and learning of people with HIV. They reflect on issues and experiences such as living with HIV today, with its anxieties and challenges. These cover a range of experiences, from the stresses before getting tested for HIV, to dealing with a new diagnosis, and from changing approaches to sex and relationships to living long term. People with HIV share strategies on how they have approached these issues, developing skills and learning to make decisions which have worked for them.
Our current campaigns include:
 | no more buttsWhy the need for no more butts campaign? If you are an HIV positive smoker quitting is one of the most significant ways to improve your health. Research has shown that smoking cessation is one of the most important health prevention strategies people with HIV can undertake to reduce the incidence or impact of other health conditions associated with long term HAART (e.g. heart disease, strokes). Lifestyle changes like quitting smoking can lower your risk of cancer. |
 | KNOW THE FACTS - SEX AND HEP CHep C is usually transmitted by sharing injecting equipment (including needles, spoons, tourniquets and filters) as well as tattooing or body piercing with infected equipment. However, sexual transmission is also possible. In our booklet KNOW THE FACTS - SEX AND HEP C we outline latest information about Hep C, ways to avoid transmission and current treatment options. WARNING - content is unsuitable for people under 18 years. |
 | Sero Disco - Why let HIV get in the way of a good relationship?Looking after each other in serodiscordant relationships (where one partner is HIV positive and one partner is HIV negative) includes everything from communication to condoms. In our new campaign Sero Disco (Why let HIV get in the way of a good relationship?) we try to give you some practical answers to questions you might have asked yourself at some time. |
 | Simple PleasuresSimple Pleasures builds on material presented in our booklet GETTING ON WITH IT AGAIN Living longer with HIV. The workshop is designed to be used with HIV positive peer support groups or in HIV support groups facilitated by healthcare workers. |