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Understanding HIV in Staffordshire

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About Course

Welcome to the Course: Understanding HIV in Our Community

🎯 What You Will Learn

✅ Gain a comprehensive, modern understanding of HIV, grounded in the local realities of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
✅ Explore the latest science on treatment and prevention, including Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U).
✅ Equip yourself with the facts to confront the key challenges of stigma and misinformation.
✅ Gain the confidence to support people living with HIV and help our community end new transmissions by 2030.
🧭 Before You Begin: Where Are You Starting From?

Consider the following questions before you start the course. There are no right or wrong answers.

  • Personal Goal: What is the single most important thing you hope to learn from this training?
  • Community View: On a scale of 1-5, how well do you think our local community understands HIV today?
  • Confidence Check: How confident would you feel correcting someone if you heard them share misinformation about HIV?

About This Course

Developed by Project 93, this course explores the latest science on treatment and prevention and equips you with the facts to confront the key challenges of stigma and misinformation. Ideal for community members, professionals, and allies, this training provides the confidence to support people living with HIV and help our community achieve the goal of ending new transmissions by 2030.

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The Latest Science

Understand the facts about modern treatment, prevention, and U=U.

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A Local Focus

Ground your knowledge in the realities of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

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Confront Stigma

Gain the confidence to challenge misinformation and support people living with HIV.

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The 2030 Goal

Learn how you can help our community achieve the goal of ending new HIV transmission

📌 Key Takeaways

– This course provides a modern, comprehensive understanding of HIV.
– All information is grounded in the local context of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
– The goal is to equip you with the facts to fight stigma and support the goal of ending new transmissions by 2030.
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What Will You Learn?

  • Understand the key HIV statistics and challenges for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Explain the difference between HIV and AIDS and how modern treatment works.
  • Define Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) and its revolutionary impact.
  • Describe the different tools in the modern HIV prevention toolkit (PrEP, PEP, etc.).
  • Recognise HIV stigma and understand why it is a barrier to public health.
  • Outline the legal rights of people living with HIV under the Equality Act 2010.

Course Content

The Local Picture: Understanding the Challenge
This module grounds the training in the realities of our local area. It explores the specific data, the key public health challenges, and the history that has shaped the HIV epidemic and response in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

  • The Local Picture: Data, Prevalence, and Challenges
  • The Critical Challenge of Late Diagnosis
  • Our History: A Community Response

The Science of the Virus
This module covers the fundamental biology of HIV, explaining what the virus is, how it affects the human body, and the natural progression of the infection if left untreated.

The Triumph of Treatment & Prevention
This module explores the incredible medical advances that have transformed HIV from a terminal illness into a manageable long-term condition. We will cover treatment, prevention, and the practicalities of testing.

Stigma, Rights, and Support
This module moves beyond the medical aspects to address the social, legal, and personal realities of living with HIV today, with a focus on local care pathways.

The Bigger Picture
This final module places our local and national understanding of HIV into a broader context, looking at the global epidemic and the future of research.

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