Welcome
We are a Bolton-based organisation providing peer to peer support and self-help for people who are HIV positive.
You can find more information about us on our Bolton Local Directory page at Bolton Local Directory.
Our peer support group meetings take place every two weeks, either on a Monday or a Tuesday Evening
Please Contact Emma for more information on 01204 390772 or emma@positveboltonpeople.org.uk
When someone confides in you that they have HIV it’s a sign of trust. It is important to reassure your friend, partner or family member that you will not breach trust and will respect their wishes.
HIV news from aidsmap.com
Statin treatment reduces blood pressure in people with HIV, REPRIEVE trial showsDeveloping high blood pressure doubled the risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event, such as a stroke or heart attack, in the REPRIEVE study of statin treatment in people with HIV, and being assigned to pitavastatin significantly reduced the risk of developing high blood pressure, study investigators reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) in Denver on Monday.
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French study confirms efficacy of on-demand PrEP
Eight years after it started, the final results of a large French study that offered a choice of daily or event-driven oral PrEP (using tenofovir disoproxil/emtricitabine) were presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) in Denver, US yesterday.
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The war on science: resisting and rebuilding at a crucial juncture
Peter Staley’s talk at the opening session of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) in Denver was a grim post-mortem of one of the most challenging years in recent HIV history – an ‘annus horribilis’ – a phrase Queen Elizabeth II used to describe 1992 and The Lancet applied to 2025.
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Contact emma@positiveboltonpeople.org.uk for further information.
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