Event

On 6 July, we were joined by three fantastic speakers to learn more about sexual health and HIV in older adults.

Dr Gemma Spiers is a senior research associate in the older people and frailty policy research unit within the population health sciences at Newcastle University. Gemma presented findings from two rapid reviews about older people’s sexual health.

Download Gemma’s slides: Promoting sexual health and wellbeing among older adults.

Professor Kaye Wellings is Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Kaye presented evidence from stakeholder consultations on sexual health and general health among older adults.

Download Kaye’s slides: Sexual and general health in older adults

Alex Sparrowhawk is the HIV and Ageing Manager at Terrence Higgins Trust. He talked about the latest HIV data and the current and future work that Terrence Higgins Trust is doing to identify and meet the needs of people ageing with HIV.

Download Alex’s slides: HIV and Ageing Terrence Higgins Trust

When: Thursday 6 July, 12-1:00pm

Join us to hear from speakers Dr Gemma Spiers, NIHR Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, and Professor Kaye Welling, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NIHR Public Health Policy Research Unit, who will be presenting their research findings on promoting sexual health in older adults, and Alex Sparrowhawk from Terrence Higgins Trust who will be talking about his work on ageing with HIV.

You will have the opportunity to hear about the latest research and initiatives and ask the speakers any questions you may have.

If you have any queries, please contact [email protected]

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The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) took place from 19 to 23 February 2023.

HIV Prevention England hosted a webinar with speakers Roger Pebody and Gus Cairns from NAM aidsmap. They shared a summary the latest HIV prevention and treatment news and scientific data presented at CROI. There is a particular focus on using antibiotics (doxycycline) to prevent STIs.

Download the presentation slides (PDF)

Watch CROI 2023 DoxyPEP for women