Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has joined a global partnership working to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, becoming the first city in the Yorkshire and Humber region to become a ‘Fast-Track City’ declaring its commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS by 2030.
Becoming a Fast Track City demonstrates a shared ambition and commitment across local authority, third sector and NHS partners in Leeds to achieve the ‘Triple Zero’ UNAIDS targets: Zero new cases of HIV, Zero HIV related Deaths & Zero stigma by 2030.
Leeds has a higher number of people living with HIV as well as more people diagnosed at a later stage of infection compared to national and regional averages. Despite continued local authority investment in specialist sexual health services as well as innovation around opt-out testing within health settings and community-based HIV testing, rates of late diagnosis remain stubbornly high amongst some most at risk populations.
As a Fast-Track City Leeds has committed to:
Meeting the United Nations 95:95:95 targets:
- 95 per cent of people living with HIV know their status
- 95 per cent of people living with HIV are on treatment
- 95 per cent of people on treatment have an undetectable viral load, and therefore cannot pass it on
- Working to improve the health, quality of life and wellbeing of people living with HIV within Leeds
- Ending all new cases of HIV within the city by 2030
- Eradicating all preventable deaths from HIV related causes by 2030
- Putting a stop to HIV related discrimination and stigma by 2030
Leeds Fast Track City Partners
- Leeds City Council
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
- Yorkshire MESMAC
- Leeds Community Healthcare Trust
- Leeds Health & Care Partnership
- BHA Leeds Skyline
- Forward Leeds
- UK Health Security Agency
- Leeds GP Confederation
- NHS England