Crucial to recognise the immediate - but also long term - impact of reducing #funding for #HIV programmes. Combined with other crises of #stigma, #security & #climate we risk losing decades of progress and opportunities of new #treatment and #prevention strategies. 🧪💔

UNAIDS Global@unaids.org · 2d ago

Last year saw the sharpest drop of global aid, including to HIV programmes. As a consequence, HIV testing fell by 22% in high-burden settings, which means people do not know their HIV status and do not receive treatment. Fully funding the HIV response is critical. www.unaids.org/en/resources...

Crucial to recognise the immediate - but also long term - impact of reducing #funding for #HIV programmes. Combined with other crises of #stigma, #security & #climate we risk losing decades of progress and opportunities of new #treatment and #prevention strategies. 🧪💔

UNAIDS Global@unaids.org · 2d ago

Last year saw the sharpest drop of global aid, including to HIV programmes. As a consequence, HIV testing fell by 22% in high-burden settings, which means people do not know their HIV status and do not receive treatment. Fully funding the HIV response is critical. www.unaids.org/en/resources...

Our ‘EVOLVE’ #hepatitis #HBV project is a partnership between @crick.ac.uk & @ahri-news.bsky.social including public engagement, social sciences, clinical data collection & lab science to inform pathways to care… & delivery of #elimination targets. #MedSky #LiverSky #SouthAfrica #PublicHealth 🧪

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)@ahri-news.bsky.social · last wk.

Today, on World Hepatitis Day, we join the global community in marking this year's theme: "Hepatitis: Let's Break It Down." a call to remove the barriers that prevent people from accessing treatment services #WorldHepatitisDay #LetsBreakItDown #HepatitisB @pippa-matt.bsky.social

On #WorldHepatitisDay we celebrate many advances created through partnership between science & healthcare across continents… while continuing to advocate for urgent action, resources & data. @whowpro.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @worldhepalliance.bsky.social @ahri-news.bsky.social #MedSky #LiverSky 🧪

Solidarity for #France right now. Devastating impact of #fire as a terrifying impact of #ClimateChange affecting so many lives in so many ways. 💔🫶🏽🇫🇷 @girondemeteo.bsky.social @departementgironde.bsky.social

#WorldHepatitisDay @crick.ac.uk raising awareness by unifying #PublicHealth, #Clinical care, #DataScience, #Implementation & #LivedExperience. Aiming for #elimination. 🧪💪 #IDSky #HBV #NHS @ukhsa.bsky.social @cnwl.nhs.uk @nhsengland.bsky.social @worldhepalliance.bsky.social @ahri-news.bsky.social

Our team enjoyed a thought-provoking retreat to the #MuseumOfHomelessness in #London today. Their "Criminal" #exhibition draws together threads on #history, #law, #health & the influences of discrimination, racism & marginalisation on people experiencing #homelessness. @ourmoh.bsky.social 🧪🤍👏

A Question of #Science last night focused on the health (or disease) of our #oceans. This is a topic for us all, as the seas belong to us all, and our survival depends on whether we step up to protect this amazing constellation of #marine #ecosystems. @crick.ac.uk #BBC #PodCast #ClimateChange 🧪🐙

Ahh the delights of @chilternrailway.bsky.social… it’s >30c & we have 10 adults, a bike, several very large luggage bags, a baby in a buggy all crammed into the tiny carriage entrance space. There might be room for a partridge in a pear tree. Safety? Forget it. #London #PublicTransport #Commuting

A day of sunshine & hospitality at the #Nadaam festival at #WimbledonCommon #London today, talking about #hepatitis & #LiverHealth with the #Mongolian community, with art, food & music inspiring connections. ‘Liver screening changed my life’. #PublicEngagement #HBV @crick.ac.uk @uclh.bsky.social 🧪

Thrilled that our international team is funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social for a 5 year project to develop insights into treatment delivery & outcomes tackling #HepatitisB #Elimination in #Africa. #CapeTown #AddisAbaba #Vestfold #HBV @crick.ac.uk @suhealthsci.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social 🧪

The Francis Crick Institute@crick.ac.uk · last mo.

Group leader @pippa-matt.bsky.social and her team, the HBV Elimination Lab, are working with an international team of research groups to better understand the impact of scaling up hepatitis B treatment on African populations. https://bit.ly/4weLN4S

Concerning rise in non-acceptance of interventions at birth. #VitaminK and #HBV #vaccine are both safe and well evidenced, with short and long term benefits to health. In this study #female infants at higher risk of not being protected. 🧪 #MedSky #PedSky #IDSky

Amesh Adalja@ameshaa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Female sex was also tied to slightly higher rates of HBV nonreceipt (aOR, 1.06), although HBV refusal rose significantly among both girls and boys” www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/pa...

Fabulous news: #Cervical #cancer #mortality trends following #HPV #vaccination in England, 2001–24. Vaccines are a powerful way to prevent devastating cancers that kill young adults. We know this for #HBV too… let’s follow suit. 💪💉🧪 @thelancet.com @qmul.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data

Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...

thelancet.com

New Ebola situation report is out (there was none yesterday) and numbers are still rising shockingly fast: 782 confirmed cases now (+72 in the last 24 hours) That includes 181 confirmed deaths. Follow-up of contacts is back down to 56,5%. Not good. insp.cd/sitrep-n30-m...

A changing #HIV #treatment landscape: What does #lenacapavir mean for people living with #HBV? @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ahri-news.bsky.social @whowpro.bsky.social #IDSky #LiverSky #MedSky #Hepatitis #NoHep 🧪💊🦠🇿🇦 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A changing HIV treatment landscape: what does lenacapavir mean for people living with HBV?

An exciting shift is underway in progress towards tackling HIV as a global public health threat, as we enter a new era of nucleotide and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-free dual reg...

thelancet.com

South Africa has world's largest HIV epidemic & helped prove lenacapavir works, yet Trump admin refuses funding & Gilead controls supply. Millions left without access to drug that could prevent 52k infections yearly #HIV #SouthAfrica #AccessToMedicine

South Africa: Activists Call for Greater Access to Newly-Launched HIV Prevention Drug

BRATISLAVA, June 9 (IPS) - As South Africa officially launches the rollout of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug, civic groups in the country have slammed the plan, saying it will not reach anywhere near enough people.

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A year after global #HIV funding was upended, CHAI finds: ⬇️ 42% fewer people started oral HIV prevention in 10 countries ⬇️ 5.8M fewer HIV tests run in 8 countries ⬇️ 39K fewer adults started on treatment in 8 countries ⬇️ 26K fewer children on treatment in 9 countries Details here: ow.ly/J2ig50Z8Rzt

'We're not seeing a rebound': New data shows HIV services not recovering

New research from the Clinton Health Access Initiative shows declines in HIV testing and in people accessing oral prevention services.

devex.com

Going green at The Francis Crick Institute. Small steps by each person and group add up to the bigger picture of progress towards #CarbonNeutral. This is tough in #science #research which is very heavy on consumables, materials, energy, travel… but we’re making changes. 💚🧪🌱 @crick.ac.uk

From targets to real world impact: a review of models of care for #HBV & #HCV in #Europe. We have so many tools, but need to use them better. Fantastic team effort to review the evidence (& identify gaps!) @thelancet.com @who.int @crick.ac.uk #MedSky #LiverSky 🧪 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

From targets to real world impact: a review of models of care for chronic HBV and HCV in Europe

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) remain public health threats in the WHO European region, where an estimated 29 million people live with chronic infection and viral hepatitis-relate...

thelancet.com

Crimes against humanity. 🧪 #MedSky

Our work on #MASLD & #HBV is a research highlight @crick.ac.uk 🎖️ If we cut through the acronym forest, what we're asking is how we can do better at diagnosing & understanding overlapping causes of #liver disease, to help provide better patient care 🩺. More to follow soon 👀 #LiverSky #MedSky 🧪

Philippa Matthews@pippa-matt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Diagnosing and defining #MASLD in people living with #hepatitisB. Our #review addresses this important question - but answers are still uncertain. More #research is needed to improve technology, understand caveats, & reduce #health inequity. #MedSky #LiverSky #HBV 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

“For people with chronic #disease, #displacement is not just a social crisis, it is a medical #emergency in slow motion.” Applies both to #infection and #NCDs. Continuity of care is not a luxury, it is essential. Presentation from #Iraq for #RCPGlobal @rcphysicians.bsky.social meeting. #MedSky 🧪

Here is a link to our poster presenting use of #PrEP for #HIV #prevention & #HBV #treatment, presented at #BHIVABASHH26. Aiming for holistic, equitable care. #MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #NoHep #PublicHealth 🧪 @cnwl.nhs.uk @uclh.bsky.social @uclhresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Philippa Matthews@pippa-matt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Data on use of #PrEP for #HIV prevention & #HBV treatment from #London …this makes perfect biological & economic sense & allows us to deliver more holistic services; no adverse events. Congrats Maeve Barlow on commendation! 🧪 @uclh.bsky.social @cnwl.nhs.uk #BHIVABASHH26 #IDSky @bhiva.bsky.social

Diagnosing and defining #MASLD in people living with #hepatitisB. Our #review addresses this important question - but answers are still uncertain. More #research is needed to improve technology, understand caveats, & reduce #health inequity. #MedSky #LiverSky #HBV 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Diagnosing and defining MASLD in people living with chronic hepatitis B - Communications Medicine

Martyn et al collate evidence for identifying metabolic dysfunction associated liver disease (MASLD) in people living with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. They highlight inconsistencies and gaps,...

nature.com

🌟 We’re Hiring: Peer Support Lead (Bristol & Surrounding Areas)🌟 As part of an experienced team, this role will promote hepatitis C awareness, blood borne virus testing, and referral to treatment for people living with hepatitis C. www.hepctrust.org.uk/job/peer-sup...

Peer Support Lead (Bristol & surrounding areas) - The Hepatitis C Trust

The Hepatitis C Trust runs national projects where peers draw on their lived experience of drug use and hepatitis C to support others. We are now recruiting for a role to join our Bristol & Severn tea...

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Another inspiring day offering #liver #health outreach to the #Mongolian community in #London. The best of teamwork and true #community engagement. #MedSky #LiverSky #NHS #MoLo #MASLD #hepatitis #HBV #HCV #HIV 🧪 @uclh.bsky.social @cnwl.nhs.uk @crick.ac.uk wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-72

#EmergencyDepartment opt-out #BBV testing ( #HBV, #HCV, #HIV) is a fantastic initiative to identify people living with #BBV, making a first #diagnosis or re-linking to care. New #HBV cases have doubled: service scale-up now needed! @nhsengland.bsky.social #MedSky 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/liv....

Emergency Department Opt‐Out Testing for Hepatitis B: A Two‐Year UK Multicentre Evaluation of Outcomes Across Seven Sites

Background and Aims An estimated 270 000 people in the UK live with hepatitis B infection, the leading global cause of liver cancer. In 2022, opt-out hepatitis B testing was introduced in emergency .....

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#WorldHepatitisSummit poster - our team shared #CommunityEngagement experience from our 'EVOLVE' #HBV project in #SouthAfrica to enhance interventions for #hepatitis #elimination. 🧪 👏 #WHS2026 #NoHep #MedSky #LiverSky @ahri-news.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Data on use of #PrEP for #HIV prevention & #HBV treatment from #London …this makes perfect biological & economic sense & allows us to deliver more holistic services; no adverse events. Congrats Maeve Barlow on commendation! 🧪 @uclh.bsky.social @cnwl.nhs.uk #BHIVABASHH26 #IDSky @bhiva.bsky.social

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #pedsky #publichealth @jamapediatrics.com The recent decision by the CDC’s ACIP in Dec 2025 to replace the universal #hepatitisB birth-dose recommendation with "shared clinical decision-making" is projected to increase newborn infections, chronic liver disease, and related deaths.