www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpYch0M3Vpo A great short video about our freinds Wandsworth Oasis who support so many important HIV charities. You can support their work through their many brilliant charity shops - donate, buy or volunteer and help to make a difference. Most recently at Mildmay they have funded our digital inclusion suite that continues to provide vital brain training programmes for those people with HIV associated brain impairment, and helps people to recover lost skills, promoting and supporting independence, empowering and transforming lives. They have also funded our activities coordinator who is now working on our wards with patients supporting their recovery through activities that work with their exisitng programmes of rehabilitation. Thank You as ever to this wonderful charity!South London based charity with a number of high-quality charity shops collecting money for local HIV prevention shares their story. How can you help on what... ... See MoreSee Less
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Mildmay UK shared National HIV Testing Week's post.
3 weeks ago
Good news indeed but we still have a long way to go and let us remember that although many people living with HIV lead healthy, normal and long lives, this is not the case for all. Late diagnosis is still a problem and a threat to health. Regular testing is so important. At Mildmay we treat and rehabilitate people with complex HIV and our work transforms many lives back to independent living within the community. The earlier people are diagnosed the better chance they have of long term healthy outcome and people on ART [antiretroviral therapy] with an undetectable viral load in their blood does not pose an infection risk to their sexual partners. U=U. *Depending on the drugs employed it may take as long as six months for the viral load to become undetectable. Continued and reliable HIV suppression requires selection of appropriate agents and excellent adherence to treatment. HIV viral suppression should be monitored to assure both personal health and public health benefits. * Taken from NAM aidsmap.com ... See MoreSee Less
National HIV Testing Week
This is good news! But we've all got to play our part in mantaining this momentum and keep testing regularly.
'This drop in new HIV diagnoses among some communities in the UK clearly shows we have t... As team Mildmay limber up in readiness for The Red Run we have decided that this year any money we raise will be going towards a CardioCoach an important piece of equipment that will enhance our work and benefit patient’s recovery. This equipment will also allow us to produce and share medical research into the benefits of physiotherapy for cardiovascular health among HIV patients.
The CardioCoach will cost £7,000 and we have already raised £3,000 – our aim is to raise £1,000 towards the final cost.
If you would like to join us for The 10k or 5k Red Run on 1st of December 2018- please register here www.redrun.org.uk/and don't forget to list Mildmay as your chosen charity. It's £18 to join and if you would like to also raise money towards the CardioCoach our Team Mildmay Just giving page is right here: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mildmayredrun
Please help to support Mildmay this World AIDS Day. ... See MoreSee Less
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