27/11/2025
Monday 1 December is – a global campaign by the National AIDS Trust which has been recognised every year since 1988.
Every 1st December communities come together to support and secure the rights of those living with HIV, remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS-related illness, and continue the fight to end the stigma surrounding HIV.
One of the most powerful tools in fighting stigma is spreading awareness of U=U: Undetectable = Untransmittable. When someone living with HIV is on effective treatment and maintains an undetectable viral load, they cannot pass the virus to their sexual partners. This knowledge breaks down stigma, encourages testing and treatment, and empowers those living with HIV.
Hope House Sexual Health Service is getting behind this year’s campaign and using this as an opportunity to promote the importance of prevention and early detection, to help prevent new cases of HIV and spread of the virus.
HIV consultant Dr Ayo-ola OkuNwobi-Smith sat down with Mark, a patient with the HIV service at Hope House. In this podcast, he talks with Dr Smith about how his life has been since receiving his diagnosis 10 years ago, the stigma surrounding HIV and how, with the right treatment, he is managing to live a happy and healthy life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRY2Y5ULToY
To find out more about our HIV Service visit: www.hopehouse.nhs.uk/living-with-hiv
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The Eddystone Trust - HIV & Sexual Health NHS Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals One Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Partnership
Dr Ayo-ola OkuNwobi-Smith recently recorded this interview with Mark, a patient with the HIV service at Hope House, Gloucester, who was diagnosed with HIV in...
