Bloomsbury Network
HIV medication and research has developed rapidly since effective combination therapy was introduced in 1996. It is a totally different experience to be diagnosed today than even a few years ago.
HIV is now considered a chronic manageable condition and it is possible to lead a full, healthy and active life. If you want to start a family you can be a positive father without passing on the virus to your partner. If you want to be a mother, then you can have a natural delivery and your child will be born without the virus.
If you are positive, on medication and undetectable, it is unlikely that you can pass on the virus to any negative partner.
Effective medication also means that you can become “undetectable” <50 within a few weeks of being diagnosed.
This means:
The Bloomsbury Clinic has world-class consultants, a large academic department and a large research department. The Blooomsbury Network can draw on all this expertise to bring you the latest information about developments in medication and research from the worldwide conferences.
We feel that it is important that everyone keep abreast of developments. There is always something new to learn. You will be the first to know because of all the research at the Bloomsbury Clinic :
Moreover, education means empowerment and can help us challenge other people’s ignorance, stigma and discrimination. The MEDICAL UPDATES are open to any person living with HIV – no matter which clinic they attend.
To find out our Medical Update forum
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