Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins

On 22nd February at 12.30pm HIV & sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), will be officially opening its new centre in Birkenhead which will serve the whole of the Wirral.
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The opening will be attended by celebrity supporter Claire Sweeney, the Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Phil Gilchrist and the Chairman of Wirral Primary Care Trust, Frances Street. It will be an opportunity for clients, partner agencies and other interested parties to meet THT staff and members of the Executive Team to discuss plans for services in the area.

The new office, funded by Wirral Primary Care Trust will provide a range of services:

- Health promotion outreach work focused on preventing HIV from being passed on
- Support groups and health advice for people affected by HIV and sexual ill health
- One to one support
- General information on sexually transmitted infections
- Condoms and safer sex information
- Counselling
- Raising sexual health awareness through training and education

Representatives from the NHS and social services, other voluntary organisations, THT volunteers and staff will all be attending the open day.

Ewan Jenkins, Manager of the new office said “We’re delighted to be opening an office here in the Wirral. We’re looking forward to working with other organisations in the region to increase awareness of sexual health and support people who are living with HIV in the area.”
- There were 492 new diagnoses of HIV in the North West in 2006. 4,512 people were accessing HIV care services in the region. Approximately a third of people with HIV in the North West remain undiagnosed.
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- Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, providing a wide range of services across England, Wales and Scotland. The charity also campaigns and lobbies for greater political and public understanding of the personal, social and medical impact of HIV and sexual health.

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New York City Health

New York City health officials on Wednesday unveiled the city’s new official condom as part of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s efforts to curb the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, as well as to prevent unintended pregnancies.
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The health department in January 2007 approved a $1.57 million contract to deliver Ansell Healthcare’s Lifestyle condoms and packets of lubricant to organizations and venues in the city. The health department will pay Ansell four cents per condom, putting the cost of the program at about $720,000 annually, according to health officials. Officials plan to track the progress of the program through an annual community health survey, which polls 10,000 city residents by telephone. Organizations or venues can request an unlimited supply of condoms at no cost through an online ordering system set up by the health department.

City health officials in February 2007 unveiled the first official condom, which featured a subway theme with different colors for various train lines (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 5/9/07). The new condoms — which were redesigned by Yves Behar of the San Francisco-based agency fuseproject — features the letters “NYC” in black and the word “CONDOM” directly below it in bright colors. The condom packages also feature the new slogan “Get some,” the New York Post reports (Edozien, New York Post, 2/14). According to the AP/Google.com, teams from the health department will begin distributing the condoms around the city Thursday. An ad campaign featuring the new slogan is also scheduled to launch soon on television, radio, subways and buses.

“We want to give away as many condoms as people will use because we’re trying to make New York City an even safer place to have sex, and this is a powerful way to do it,” Monica Sweeney, assistant commissioner for HIV prevention and control at the health department, said. She added, “We gave out more than 36 million of [the condoms] last year. I hope the fresh look will help even more New Yorkers protect themselves from infection and unintended pregnancy in 2008″ (New York Post, 2/14).

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