Maybe It’s Shigella resources and webinar

Bad case of diarrhoea? Maybe it's shigellaHIV Prevention England is hosting an upcoming shigella webinar and providing free shigella posters and leaflets, as well as links to further information relevant to the public, patients and health care professionals.

Your contribution is very important in helping us to recognise cases and raise awareness of how shigella is transmitted.

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Social Media Pack Summer 2021: I’m ready for a hot summer

It Starts with Me Summer 2021 - Dignified

We’ve created a social media pack to make it easy for you to get involved in the summer phase of the It Starts With Me campaign.

Key messages

The campaign will remind people of the importance of looking after all aspects of their sexual wellbeing with a positive, fresh and summer-themed creative, it will:

  • Remind people how to protect themselves from HIV, STIs and unplanned pregnancy.
  • Prepare people to be sexually active again and encourage them to think about the type of sex they want to enjoy.

What’s in the pack?

  • Images: a selection of correctly sized images for use on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social network.
  • Suggested posts: examples of posts for Facebook and Instagram plus tweets for Twitter.
  • Links: the suggested posts for Facebook and Twitter also contain links to online tools and information from It Starts With Me and Sexwise.

NEW: for this campaign we have also created landscape digital posters for hospital and clinic TV screens and digital displays in bars and other social venues.

If you have trouble accessing the pack online please contact [email protected] with your organisations requirements (i.e. social media platform etc.).

Introducing the HIV Prevention England Faith Engagement Strategy

Despite the excellent headway the UK has made to reduce new HIV transmissions, stigma is prevalent and may curtail our ambitions for ending new HIV transmissions by 2030.

  • Stigma is a barrier to people testing and accessing biomedical interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
  • Stigma affects the wellbeing, health and overall quality of life of people living with HIV.

We have produced a national faith engagement strategy which aims to increase the involvement of faith leaders and communities in challenging HIV-related stigma, supporting the uptake of HIV testing and prevention, and promoting the good health and wellbeing of people living with HIV.

Faith leaders are well-respected role models in their communities; they have the ability to reach people who do not necessarily access health services, and they have a role in supporting efforts to end discrimination against marginalised people.

HIV Prevention England (HPE) will provide opportunities to support faith leaders and communities, including through National HIV Testing Week, providing free resources, information briefings, and sector training events.

Download the strategy document

HIV Prevention England Faith Engagement Strategy [PDF]

Get involved

HPE provides resources and training. If you are a faith leader or work with faith communities:

  • Take advantage of our free resources.
  • Sign-up to our monthly newsletter to keep up-to-date with our latest news and events (complete the form opposite or below).

Forthcoming events

National HIV Testing Week starts Saturday 16 November 2019.

This year, World AIDS Day is on Sunday 1 December 2019.