The Other Blue Pill is a documentary podcast by @thelovetankcic + QueerAF with support from National AIDS Trust, out every Wednesday starting today Hosted by @idiosyncraticxl tells the story of how we got PrEP across 6 fascinating episodes Listen here podfollow.com/theotherbluepi…

First first-authored qual paper is out! Thnx Trace Kershaw for all the guidance and support ❤️ link.springer.com/article/10.118…

#BREAKING: Thai Senate passes the Marriage Equality Bill with 130 votes vs 4 (18 abstentions), clearing all legislative hurdles on the way for same sex couples to tie the knot. Once promulgated, the first #LGBTQ weddings could take place by the end of this year. #สมรสเท่าเทียม

“Definitely, we plan to get married in November,” Matcha Phornin, an activist involved in drafting the bill, told Telegraph Global Health Security. “This means so much, bc we have recognition of our rights. The law would never pass if society doesn’t accept us.” telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Our comprehensive and co-production HIV self-testing implementation action framework/toolkits is offically released ! See ucl.ac.uk/global-health/… Honour to work with Charlie Witzel Phil Samba Profs Fiona, Peter and Alison! #BASHH2024 The Love Tank UCL London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine #NIHR #HIVST

Today is the launch of the first HIV self-testing implementation guidance for England & Wales at BASHH! Led by Charlie Witzel and Alison Rodger w/ UCL Global Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and The Love Tank colleagues. The guidance is now available on our webpage. buff.ly/4csZMKk

This month saw the launch of the first #HIV self-testing implementation guidance for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿+🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Led by Charlie Witzel, the team at UCL Global Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine + The Love Tank hope it can make a contribution to ending the HIV epidemic #Pride24 👉ucl.ac.uk/global-health/…

This is such a heartbreaking loss to international HIV prevention, treatment and care. aidsmap has been such a brilliant partner. Solidarity to the staff, board and those impacted by this closure.

My first first-author paper has just been published. 🥳✨ In this work we report the impact on sexual health service access for gbMSM during the pandemic. A special thanks to Charlie Witzel for his encouragement & support and all coauthors for their input. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Why Sir Keir Starmer’s op-ed for Attitude cannot run without context or correction buff.ly/3XVTbE6 buff.ly/3XVTbE6

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On this day in 2013, an artist called Audrey Amiss died alone in her south London flat, aged 79. She documented the last day of her life by pasting some food packaging into a scrapbook, and recording the things she noticed in her final hours.

Very proud of my friend Bright from ACON presenting his work on sexualised drug use engagement among Asian gay, bisexual and queer men in Australia 🩷 #AIDS2024

Linda-Gail Bekker PURPOSE 1 (now published!) 0 HIV infections on LEN F/TAF no better than background Adherence to oral PrEP very low AMAZING results! Choice matters. But I'm gonna ask about HIV testing strategy....no RNA #AIDS2024

[Publication alert 🚨] Our long-awaited paper on HIV self-testing needs & networks finally out at #AIDS2024! tinyurl.com/5n62pz83 Big thanks Charlie Witzel and UCL Global Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine! HIVST programs should consider ppl’s testing needs and perceived social support IAC - the International AIDS Conference

Fascinatingly fruitful discussion with 200 ppl worldwide at #AIDS2024 workshop conceptualising/measuring #Chemsex! Big thanks Charlie Witzel Dr Adam Bourne, Rayner K J Tan, Stephane Ku Dr Carol Strong and all facilitators! Can’t wait for AP Chemsex symposium this Nov! IAC - the International AIDS Conference

Last November, the Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation recommended that a routine MPOX vaccine programme should be implemented in the UK. Where’s that programme Wes Streeting MP ? NHS NHS England UK Health Security Agency

if we could not use the 2024 MPOX outbreak to rehabilitate the public image of a gay journalist who has spent much of the last two years propagating harmful anti-trans rhetoric under the guise of 'science journalism', that would be great

As Africans face mpox (again), we must address stigma, which is extremely high & deeply rooted. Our VERDI quali study in Nigeria finds that people will use other names eg chickenpox - to avoid mpox stigma. Healthcare workers are part of the stigma & should be part of the solution