Yanique and Stephanie Green - HIV testing

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Sunday, 9 February 2025 - 19 minutes

Stephanie Green (HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist) and Yanique, who lives with HIV, joined us at WCRFM to highlight the importance of regular testing as National HIV Testing Week gets underway.

Run by HIV Prevention England, the annual event highlights how regular testing is helping to reduce the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV, or who are diagnosed late.

Testing is free, quick and confidential, and the only way for people to know their HIV status. Anyone diagnosed with HIV will be able to access free treatment and support. Testing for HIV is also useful for HIV-negative people who are considering interventions such as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis).

To order free test kits, please visit www.startswithme.org.uk or www.freetesting.hiv. For more information about HIV, and confidential and non-judgemental advice and support, please visit Embrace, the Wolverhampton sexual health service, at www.embracewolverhampton.nhs.uk/hiv-services.

For more details, visit www.hivpreventionengland.org.uk.

Yanique and Stephanie are pictured with news reader William Coorey (Photo by Kirstie Westwood).

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