{"id":86248,"date":"2017-11-13T11:32:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T11:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=2507e449ca31ba6df8000a0bb9db9a97"},"modified":"2017-11-13T11:32:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T11:32:41","slug":"press-release-600000-funding-of-12-projects-by-phe-to-help-prevent-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=86248","title":{"rendered":"Press release: \u00a3600,000 funding of 12 projects by PHE to help prevent HIV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Public Health England (<abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>) has announced the projects which have been awarded funding from the <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> Prevention Innovation Fund for 2017 to 2018. The projects have been chosen from across England to receive total funding of \u00a3600,000 from the Department of Health through <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> received over 70 submissions from different organisations for funding for local <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> prevention initiatives. Projects that provided innovation were welcome, especially those that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>acknowledge and address the wider determinants of high risk behaviour<\/li>\n<li>promote the prompt diagnosis of both <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> and other <abbr title=\"Sexually transmitted infections\">STIs<\/abbr>, especially among men who have sex with men (<abbr title=\"men who have sex with men\">MSM<\/abbr>)<\/li>\n<li>address stigma associated with <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>\n<\/li>\n<li>integrate <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> prevention into health promotion and service delivery in other health areas<\/li>\n<li>support increased knowledge, awareness and understanding including of pre-exposure prophylaxis for <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>, especially in currently underserved populations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> remains a public health concern despite major advances in treatment and reductions in diagnosis. In 2015, an estimated 101,000 people in the UK had <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> with 13,500 unaware and at risk of unknowingly passing on the virus to others. The risk of infection is higher in certain groups of the population; such as gay and bisexual men and Black African communities. However, targeted and innovative local initiatives that reach out to these and other groups can help reduce the risk of people contracting or passing on <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Two examples of local initiatives receiving funding from <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> are the Sex Talk project run by National Prison Radio which will create information designed for prisoners to address issues of stigma around <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> and the Sholay Love project run by <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/naz.org.uk\/\">NAZ<\/a> which aims to raise awareness of <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"Sexually transmitted infections\">STIs<\/abbr> and encourage testing amongst south Asian gay men in London, Bradford and Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the innovation fund and the winning projects, Public Health Minister Steve Brine said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Now in its third year, the <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> Prevention Fund continues to foster local innovation projects which aim to tackle <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> in more targeted and impactful ways, especially for those most at risk. The 12 projects announced today will boost local action and spread best practice to further reduce rates of <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> across the whole country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Professor John Newton, Director of Health Improvement, <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> Innovation Fund continues to foster new approaches to <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> prevention. The 12 projects receiving funding have been chosen as they offer new and exciting ways to address key issues in <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> prevention, working particularly with groups at high risk. These projects will help share innovation and best practice around the country, helping other areas to replicate progress in London on lowering rates of <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_3406\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Bruce Sparrow<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"fn\">Senior Press Officer, National Infection Service<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"street-address\">Public Health England<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:bruce.sparrow@phe.gov.uk\">bruce.sparrow@phe.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone<\/span><br \/>\n              020 8327 6669\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Mobile<\/span><br \/>\n              07774 703390\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"more-information\">More information<\/h2>\n<p>The 12 <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> Innovation Fund projects are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital anti\u2013stigma campaign (developing digital content, videos and social marketing targeting higher risk communities) \u2013 Martin Fisher Foundation, Brighton and Hove<\/li>\n<li>I Am Because We Are (Challenging <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> issues and stigma within Black African communities) \u2013 BHA For Equality, Greater Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Improving uptake and safe use of PrEP in underserved populations (creating online assessment tools for PrEP and facilitating safe usage) \u2013 Terence Higgins Trust, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire<\/li>\n<li>MAP Tyne and Wear (capturing local knowledge about male sex workers to inform and shape other sexual health services) \u2013 Gateshead, Sunderland and North Tyneside<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMIND\u201d The Gap (developing a <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> and sexual health training programme for mental health service staff) \u2013 Herts Aid, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire<\/li>\n<li>PrEP (raising awareness of PrEP amongst <abbr title=\"men who have sex with men\">MSM<\/abbr>, <abbr title=\"black and minority ethnic\">BME<\/abbr> and trans communities) \u2013 Spectra, South West London<\/li>\n<li>Prepping for PrEP (improving awareness of PrEP amongst at risk African communities by engaging key community members) \u2013 Positive East,  East London and Hertfordshire<\/li>\n<li>PROMOTE (creating digital outreach and support services for male sex workers and their clients)  &#8211; Bristol Drugs Project, Bristol<\/li>\n<li>Reducing Barriers to Testing (facilitating self-testing within Black African communities \u2013 Terence Higgins Trust, Wolverhampton<\/li>\n<li>Sex Talk on National Prison Radio (creating information for prisoners to address issues of stigma around <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>) \u2013 Prison Radio Association, England, Wales and Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Sholay Love (raising awareness of <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"Sexually transmitted infections\">STIs<\/abbr> and encouraging testing amongst south Asian gay men) \u2013 NAZ, London, Bradford, Leeds<\/li>\n<li>The Morning After Project (providing education and harm reduction in chemsex via a dedicated project worker) \u2013 Summit House Support, Dudley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"background\">Background<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"phe-innovation-fund\">\n<abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> Innovation Fund:<\/h3>\n<p>The National <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> Prevention Innovation Fund is funded by the allocation from the Department of Health to <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> for <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> prevention and sexual health promotion. This is the third year of the innovation fund in which <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> have awarded funding to a total of 32 projects (7 in 2015 to 2016, 13 in 2016 to 2017 and 12 in 2017 to 2018). Projects submitting <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> prevention proposals to the <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> Innovation Fund must have local authority endorsement in order to be eligible for the fund. The innovation fund is advertised at the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivpreventionengland.org.uk\/\"><abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> Prevention England website<\/a> where application details are available.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"hiv-in-the-uk-2016-phe-report\">\n<abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> in the UK, 2016 <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> report:<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom\"><abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> in the UK 2016 report<\/a>, estimated 101,200 people were living with <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> in the UK in 2015. Of those, 13,500 or 13% were unaware of their infection and at risk of passing on the virus to others. The majority, 69% were men and 31% were women. The <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> prevalence in the UK is estimated to be 1.6 per 1,000 population, or 0.16%. <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> incidence among gay, bisexual and other <abbr title=\"men who have sex with men\">MSM<\/abbr> remains high. <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> incidence (the number of new infections) among gay, bisexual and other <abbr title=\"men who have sex with men\">MSM<\/abbr>, hereafter referred to as gay or bisexual men, remains consistently high; in England an estimated 2,800 gay or bisexual men acquired <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> in 2015 with the vast majority acquiring the virus within the UK. Overall in 2015, 47,000 gay or bisexual men were estimated to be living with <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>, of whom 5,800 or 12% remained undiagnosed. (Updated estimates of the number of people living with <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> will be published by <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> on 15 November 2017).<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"hiv-surveillance-data-and-management\">\n<abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>: Surveillance, data and management:<\/h3>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> in the UK Health Protection Report and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/hiv-annual-data-tables\">annual <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> data tables<\/a> comprise the number of <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> diagnoses, late <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> diagnoses and numbers accessing <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> care. Data can be interrogated and analysed at Local Authority level via an <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/fingertips.phe.org.uk\/profile\/sexualhealth\">online tool<\/a> allowing a range of outputs to be generated. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/health-matters-increasing-the-uptake-of-hiv-testing\">December 2016 edition of Health Matters<\/a>, <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>\u2019s resource for local authorities and health professionals focuses on increasing <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> testing.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"hiv-testing\">\n<abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> testing:<\/h3>\n<p>It is easy to get tested for <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr>. Testing is freely available through <abbr title=\"general practitioner\">GP<\/abbr> surgeries, local hospitals and sexual health clinics as well as on self-sampling and self-testing (see <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/pages\/home.aspx\">NHS Choices<\/a> for further information). As well as getting tested, using a condom with new or casual partners protects against <abbr title=\"human immunodeficiency virus\">HIV<\/abbr> and other <abbr title=\"Sexually transmitted infections\">STIs<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"public-health-england-phe\">Public Health England (<abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/phe\">Public Health England<\/a> exists to protect and improve the nation\u2019s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. We do this through world-leading science, knowledge and intelligence, advocacy, partnerships and the delivery of specialist public health services. We are an executive agency of the Department of Health, and are a distinct organisation with operational autonomy to advise and support government, local authorities and the NHS in a profesionally independent manner. Follow us on Twitter: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHE_uk\">@PHE_uk<\/a> and Facebook: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PublicHealthEngland\">www.facebook.com\/PublicHealthEngland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the HIV Prevention Innovation Fund, PHE is funding 12 projects to help develop new and innovative ways of preventing HIV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}