UK-CAB is a network for community HIV treatment advocates
The UK-CAB has three main aims
- To support HIV treatment advocates in the UK.
- To provide expert training on HIV treatment.
- To ensure HIV positive people are represented at all levels of our care.
The CAB connects over 900 members from over 120 organisations.
The CAB is free to join and open to individuals whether or not you are linked to an organisation.
The CAB is an actively peer-led project – approximately 75% of members are HIV positive.
NEWS: UK-CAB poster – Positively involved presented at BHIVA/BASHH conference
UK-CAB provides community representatives involved in HIV treatment guidelines and research in the UK. Following a study presented 2017, the 2018 study asked: What impact do UK-CAB representatives on guideline writing committees and academic/clinical research study boards make?
UK-CAB presented the study as a poster at the 4th Joint Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) with the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) in Edinburgh in April, 2018…read more about the study and download the poster
Upcoming and recent meetings
- UK-CAB 66 – IAS feedback, future treatments, cure research (August 2018)
- UK-CAB 65 – BHIVA/BASHH conference feedback/Treatment as prevention (April 2018)
- UK-CAB 64 – Children and teenagers with HIV (January 2018)
- UK-CAB 63 – Quality of life, health and wellbeing (July 2017)
- UK-CAB 62 – HIV generic drugs (April 2017)
- UK-CAB 61 – HIV and primary care (January 2017)
- All previous meetings
UK-CAB documents and policies
Current UK-CAB representatives
Link: Report a side effect using the UK Yellow Card scheme
