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World AIDS Day – 1st December 2024

27th November 2024

How can you help us end HIV Stigma?

HIV treatment has changed. People living with HIV can live full and healthy lives. Effective treatment means the virus cannot be passed on to others.

This is known as Undetectable = Untransmittable, or U=U.

Only 1/3 of Scots are aware that people living with HIV on effective treatment cannot pass it on to others. (YouGov, 2023)

Find out more about PrEP: HIV PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) | NHS inform

Find out more about PEP: HIV symptoms & treatments – Illnesses & conditions | NHS inform

 

Stigma is more harmful than HIV

A lack of information and negative attitudes can mean that stigma is more harmful than HIV.

74% of people living with HIV have experienced stigma or discrimination. (YouGov, 2023)

Stigma, and fear of an HIV diagnosis, can prevent people from getting tested. A delay in diagnosis can lead to poorer health outcomes, and the risk of HIV being unknowingly passed on.

Stigma means that people living with HIV can face hostility, verbal or physical abuse, and barriers to participating. People can experience stigma in any areas of their life: from friends and family, at work, and from services.

Join us and get involved this
World Aids Day

1. Learn the facts about HIV

HIV treatment has changed. People living with HIV can live full and healthy lives. Effective treatment means the virus cannot be passed on to others.

This is known as Undetectable = Untransmittable, or U=U.

To find out the facts visit: HIVstigma.scot

Further links for information;

Help us spread awareness that Undetectable=Untransmissible (U=U), and that stigma is harmful and needs to stop. Share HIVstigma.scot to help others learn the facts about HIV.

Fast Track Cities Scotland: Cities across Scotland have signed the Paris Declaration on Fast Track Cities to end new HIV transmissions by 2030.  Find out more about Fast Track Cities Scotland

2. Learn about access to HIV testing

 

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