We are excited to share a new short film with you to hear how we at the Foundation plan to drive our mission forward, overcome stigma and hate, and end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Since Elton John started the Foundation in 1992, the landscape of HIV/AIDS has transformed in so many positive ways. It […]
New research reveals that some primary school-aged children have self-harmed, prompting calls for intervention efforts to start earlier. Led by researchers at the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), the study assessed more than 1200 children living in Melbourne, Australia, each year from age 8-9 years (wave 1) to 11-12 years (wave […]
Introducing the HIV Commission to mark World AIDS Day: Kat Smithson is director of policy at the National AIDS Trust which worked in partnership with the Terrence Higgins Trust and the Elton John AIDS Foundation to jointly establish the independent HIV Commission. To mark World AIDS Day, and the release of the HIV Commission’s first […]
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HIV treatments – where we are today and what’s next: Despite the ambitious 2020 goals set by UNAIDS 90-90-90 not being reached, innovative HIV treatments – from preventative to curative – are just around the corner and key to the success in eradicating the HIV epidemic that has killed more than 39 million people worldwide. In a new […]
Giving CPR during the pandemic – Resuscitation Council UK guidance: Resuscitation Council UK Statement on COVID-19 in relation to CPR and resuscitation in first aid and community settings. Updated 27 November 2020 – from https://www.resus.org.uk/media/statements/resuscitation-council-uk-statements-on-covid-19-coronavirus-cpr-and-resuscitation/covid-community/ This statement is for anyone who is performing CPR/defibrillation in an out-of-hospital setting. Whenever CPR is carried out, particularly on […]
The interim phase III trial results are in: Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective. Find out more about this story: ttps://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-11-23-oxford-university-breakthrough-global-covid-19-vaccine Transcript The Oxford Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective, according to new data released today. In trial run on more than 20,000 people across the world, interim data show the vaccine is 70.4% effective, and […]
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WHO calls for reinvigorated action to fight malaria: Global malaria gains threatened by access gaps, COVID-19 and funding shortfall The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. […]
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Bringing mentally healthy schools to life in Western Australia! There are many opportunities in the school environment for students, staff and the greater school community to be active, develop a strong sense of belonging and add meaning and purpose to their lives. Our Mentally Healthy Schools Program provides a framework to embed Act-Belong-Commit within the classroom, school […]
Robert Music, Chief Executive, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust responds to the release of the annual cervical screening uptake statistics for England by NHS Digital. These figures cover the period from April 2019 – March 2020: In a ’normal’ year an increase in attendance could be a glimmer of hope. However, this year it must come with […]
IMPACT, the UK’s first ever clinical trials partnership dedicated to improving the outcomes for blood cancer and stem cell transplant patients, has appointed Professor Ronjon Chakraverty as Medical Director. Ronjon Chakraverty is currently Professor of Haematology at the University of Oxford. He previously led the merger of the Royal Free and University College London Hospital Haematology […]
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