The 6th biannual National HIV Prevention Conference will be held on Friday 6 September 2024 at County Hall, London. The conference is free to attend.

This conference brings together health professionals, community experts and researchers working in HIV prevention and sexual health, as well as others who work with people from key target populations. The event provides a platform for delegates to share ideas, best practice and research, and to network.

Theme: Prioritising Equity and Impact

The conference’s theme, ‘Prioritising Equity and Impact’, will draw attention to the need for a significant focus on equity to ensure no one is left behind and the need to prioritise impactful interventions to achieve the 2030 goal for zero new transmissions.

Topics covered during the conference will include:

• Progress towards achieving the 2030 goal for no new HIV transmissions
• Achieving equitable access to PrEP
• HIV and STI testing in different settings
• Population movement and HIV prevention and care
• HIV prevention and care services for women
• Achieving retention in care and re-engagement with care
• Improving the quality of life for people living with HIV
• HIV and STI prevention research and implementation
• Partnerships and coproduction approaches
• The role of community and activism in achieving the 2030 goal of no new transmissions
• The future sustainability of the community and voluntary HIV sector.

Key dates

Abstract submission will open Tuesday 7 May 2024.

Registration will open Monday 17 June 2024.

The conference is free to attend.

On Friday 15 March, HIV Prevention England hosted the HIV Stigma Symposium at The ICC in Birmingham. We had the pleasure of hearing from fantastic speakers representing community organisations, healthcare, academia, policy, and people with lived experience. The aim of this event was to foster solution-focused conversations and share learning from different projects happening across England.

The HPE team would like to extend our thanks to everyone who attended the event, especially the speakers, panellists, chairs and our partners who supported with the planning of the event.

Programme and Presentation slides

Morning sessions

What is stigma – presented by Nicola Jones, HIV Prevention England

Positive Peers – presented by Rachel Greaves, Positive Peers

Stigma and stigma reduction in different communities 

Stepping Up – George House Trust – presented by Adela Senkubuge and Yvonne Richards-Cooper, George House Trust

Their Story, Your Choice – presented by Takudzwa Mukiwa, HIV Prevention England

The Ribbons HIV education legacy project – presented by Garry Jones, Designer & founder of The Ribbons B.A.H.M

HIV testing as an enabler for stigma reduction – presented by Jose Trueba and Carlos Corredor, Aymara

Stigma in health and social care, employment, and statutory services

Tackling HIV Stigma in Healthcare using a University Approach – presented by Aled Osborne, Brigstowe

HIV in the Workplace – A guide for Employers and Employees– presented by Joe Tanzer, BHA for Equality

Stigma in healthcare – presented by Liz Okecha, Consultant in Sexual Health & HIV/Clinical Lead

Unseen Frontlines – presented by Lt Cdr Oli Brown MBE, Royal Navy

Policy and Practice

Tackling stigma through stroytelling – HIV Ambassadors – presented by Henn Mossery-Golan and Eugene Lynch, Terrence Higgins Trust, Pank Sethi and LeaSuwanna Griffith, London HIV Ambassadors

Derby pledge to end HIV – presented by Helen Stanhope and Rachel Coulton, Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Researching and Responding to Organisational Stigma – presented by Daron Oram and Annie Howard, National AIDS Trust

Changing policy challenging discrimination – presented by Daniel Fluskey, National AIDS Trust, Dr Joseph Heskin, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, and Debbie Laycock, Terrence Higgins Trust

Next steps for stigma reduction

Thank you to our panellists for their participation in this discussion:

Ash Dickson, Mental Health and Wellbeing Coordinator, Yorkshire MESMAC

Dr Catherine Dodds, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Head of Centre for Health and Social Care Research, University of Bristol

Memory Sachikonye, UK-CAB Coordinator and Co-editor of Our Stories told by us: Celebrating the African Contribution to the UK HIV response

Dr Joseph Heskin, Consultant in GenitoUrinary and HIV Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Olivia De Achaval, Team Leader Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy, Department of Health and Social Care

Pank Sethi, GMI Partnership Manager – prevention and testing, Positive East