Myths & Facts

 Getting tested for HIV is pointless.  

Knowing if you are HIV-positive will allow you to seek early treatment that can help you stay healthy longer and enable you not to pass on the virus to someone else. Regardless of your HIV status, you can learn how to prevent future infection from HIV or other STDs through counseling offered at many HIV testing centers.

HIV info on the web

The following websites provide information about HIV.

www.tht.org.uk

The Terrence Higgins Trust has a wide range of publications and information on HIV, AIDS and sexual health for professionals and the public.

www.aidsmap.com

Aidsmap is an information website from NAM, an award-winning, community-based organisation, which works from the UK. They deliver reliable and accurate HIV information across the world to HIV-positive people and to the professionals who treat, support and care for them.

www.i-base.org.uk

HIV i-Base is a treatment activist group, HIV-positive led and committed to providing timely HIV treatment information both to positive people and to health care professionals.