News and Announcements

NAT (National AIDS Trust) and the British HIV Association (BHIVA) have launched advice on HIV for Detention and Removal Centres.  This first ever best practice guidance supports detainees living with HIV in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs). 

The advice entitled Detention, Removal and People Living with HIV, produced in partnership with IRC healthcare managers, is a practical resource for healthcare, voluntary sector and other professionals working with detained HIV-positive asylum seekers in IRCs. 
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BHIVA is pleased to announce that the BHIVA Research Award is now open until Friday 10 July 2009. Originally launched in 2006, the BHIVA Research Award is open, through competitive application, to all BHIVA members for research projects that impact on the improvement of clinical care and management of people living with HIV in the UK. Up to £30,000 per annum is available, to be distributed amongst the successful applicants according to the quality of the submitted proposals, with a maximum of £10,000 award per application.
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BHIVA is pleased to announce a consultation draft of a short briefing paper on primary care and community-based HIV services.  This builds on the Standards for HIV Clinical Care, which we published in 2007 in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians, the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV and the British Infection Society.  It aims to offer guidance to clinicians and commissioners on principles and points to be considered when planning any extension of the role of primary care and community services in the management of patients with diagnosed HIV infection, while taking account of wider developments in the relationship between primary, secondary and tertiary care.

This one-day revision course has been developed by both associations to help prepare candidates for this important exam and will be held on Monday 24 August 2009 in London.

If you are planning to sit this examination in August 2009, please complete the registration form or email bashh@rsm.ac.uk. The course is free of charge and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

The 15th Annual Conference of BHIVA was held on 1–3 April 2009 in Liverpool. 
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