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effective treatment with a non-detectable viral load and are monitored every three months. NAT has been calling for this change for a number of years – and we were the only charity on the expert working group which made the recommendation to change the rules, based on the most recent scientific evidence.
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charity with the purpose to stand alongside and defend the rights of everyone living with, affected by or at risk of HIV. Its expertise, research and advocacy secure lasting change to the lives of people living with and at risk of HIV. The charity's key strategic goals are:
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National AIDS Trust influenced Home Office policy so that asylum seekers living with HIV who need help with accommodation will not routinely be 'dispersed' away from the area where they are attending an HIV
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National AIDS Trust brought together a coalition of charities to end the use of pre-employment health questionnaires before the offer of a job is made, through the
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