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Sophie Strachan

@stracs.bsky.social
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CEO @sophiaforum Ensuring Gender & Health Equity in the HIV response. Advancing research, influencing policy. Prison Reform. Sexual health advisor, @sophiaforum.bsky.social www.sophiaforum.net

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Saving Lives UK @savinglives.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our friend @angelinanamiba.bsky.social has a poster at #BHIVABASHH26 on Co-creating culturally relevant psychological support with women living with HIV. Check it out at A137!
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British HIV Association @bhiva.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Is it time that we review the #HIV prevalence banding that guides local testing recommendations? Tamara Djuretic from @ukhsa.bsky.social proposes these key considerations.. #BHIVABASHH26
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British HIV Association @bhiva.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Victoria Pilkington estimates the potential impact of opt-out #HIV testing in Primary Care if this were integrated into the NHS Health Checks programme. This has the potential to identify more people outside of ED opt-out testing, and may be more cost effective! #BHIVABASHH26
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TAGHIVscience @taghivscience.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Preprint: Initiation of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Combinations Achieve Sustained Virologic Remission in Early-Life SIV Infection www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9... #HIV
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Initiation of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Combinations Achieve Sustained Virologic Remission in Early-Life SIV Infection
Long-acting (LA) antiretroviral agents offer a promising strategy to overcome adherence challenges in HIV prevention and treatment. However, their efficacy in early life has not been evaluated. Using ...
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British HIV Association @bhiva.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@henrydevries.bsky.social from University of Amsterdam & Sexual Health presents a really enlightening insight into sexual health from queer perspectives. #BHIVABASHH26
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British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) @bashhuk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We’re pleased to see the publication of the new UK Guidelines for the Medical and Laboratory Procurement and Use of Sperm, Egg and Embryo Donors, developed by representatives across ARCS, BFS, BHIVA, AND BASHH. To read the full guidelines, visit bit.ly/4tBuIB0
UK Guidelines for the Medical and Laboratory Procurement and Use of Sperm, Egg and Embryo Donors
Developed by a joint working group including representatives from
Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS)
British Fertility Society (BFS)
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BHIVA)
British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH)
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HIV i-Base @hiv-i-base.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Two cases of severe #hyperglycemia with injectable CAB/RPV-LA: i-base.info/htb/53413 Though not listed as an adverse event, paper authors advise that anyone with a high BMI or even mildly increased #glycemia may need close monitoring. #HIV #HIVsky #EndoSky #MedSky #HIVtreatment #Cabenuva #Diabetes
Colourful i-Base graphic. The main text reads: Cabotegravir and rilpivirine: why monitoring glucose and other prediabetes symptoms is important with this ART. At the top is i-Base’s website address: I hyphen base dot info. A smaller rectangle in the bottom right, reads: HIV news. 2026. There are various dotted patterns. The colours used in the image are two shades of dark turquoise, dark purple, light blue, pink, gold, turquoise, orange, dark green, mustard and white.
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Participation Link: shareresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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British HIV Association @bhiva.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
BHIVA would like to remind eligible groups to come forward for #mpox vaccination - as UKHSA becomes aware of small numbers of locally-acquired cases of clade Ib mpox in the USA, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal. 💉 🦠 More here: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Dr Katy Sinka, Head of Sexually Transmitted Infections at UKHSA:  

The ways in which we are seeing mpox continue to spread globally is a reminder to come forward for the vaccine, if you are eligible.  

Although mpox infection is mild for many, it can be severe.  

Getting vaccinated is a proven effective way to protect yourself against severe disease, so please make sure to get the jab if you are eligible.  

It is important to remain alert to the risks from this unpleasant illness. Anyone who thinks they may have mpox should contact NHS 111 for advice on what to do.
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Sophia Forum @sophiaforum.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Let’s reframe risk and focus on informed choices that reflect our desires and respect our lives. Find them here 👉  Risk to Reasons UK Website
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
National project co-produced with communities facing the greatest barriers to PrEP. Focus on racially minoritised people, queer men of color, trans/non-binary people, sex workers, drug users, people experiencing homelessness,recent migrants. shareresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV _ dmuIcB6Lxi79qPs
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TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The adultifying & sexualisation of children because they are Trans is deeply disturbing & harmful. This article is talking about discriminating against 12 and 13 year old girls simply because they are Trans.
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Sophia Forum @sophiaforum.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Great to see our recent Systematically excluded and ignored report mentioned in this article sophiaforum.net/women-and-hi...
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Women and HIV Policy – Sophia Forum
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Sophia Forum @sophiaforum.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
National project co-produced with communities facing the greatest barriers to PrEP. Focus on racially minoritised women & men, queer men of color, trans/non-binary people, sex workers, drug users, homeless, and recent migrants. LINK: shareresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV _ dmuIcB6Lxi79qPs
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British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) @bashhuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Today BASHH & the APPG on HIV, AIDS & Sexual Health hosted a drop-in at Westminster, urging MPs to prioritise sexual health in the NHS 10-Year Plan. With record STI rates, timely and equitable access to care is vital.
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
National project co-produced with communities facing the greatest barriers to PrEP. Focus on racially minoritised women & men, queer men of color, trans/non-binary people, sex workers, drug users, homeless, and recent migrants. LINK: shareresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV _ dmuIcB6Lxi79qPs
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Revd Mother Jide “Emeka” Macaulay @jidemacaulay.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Living with HIV, I’ve faced silence, shame, & rejection. Zero HIV Stigma Day reminds us that dignity, love, and respect must replace fear & judgment. It’s a call to end discrimination, uplift our voices, & create a world where everyone can thrive. #ZeroHIVStigmaDay
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Sophia Forum @sophiaforum.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Sophia Forum is excited to launch a new series of blogs platforming women living with HIV to share their experiences. The first in the series is by Rebecca Mbewe & explores her journey from diagnosis to living well with HIV - please read,Share widely: sophiaforum.net/2025/07/17/a...
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
My rap*st knew who I was two years before I ever met him.. he was stalking me, he had videos saved of me. One year before I met him, he tried to DM me. I thought I naturally built a friendship, I had no idea this person collected two years of information on me before I met them. Rap*sts stalk.
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
@linkedin.com I have been hacked and trying to contact someone at LinkedIn to speak to v unsuccessfully for over 10 days. Who can I speak to please. I cannot access my account which ever way I try
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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Naz @nazprojectlondon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We're at the @BritishHIVAssoc Spring Conference this week! #BHIVA2025 Come say hello if you see us and to pick up a copy of our #ZeroHIVStigmaDay children's book "Activists in Action: Prudence Mabele"!
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AVAC @avac.org · 18/04/2025
3 months post-US presidential inauguration, critical shifts in #HIV prevention, #globalhealth, & #pandemicpreparedness emerge. From African women leaders driving action to looming US #foreignaid cuts & WHO’s fragile #PandemicAccord, Global Health Watch covers it, avac.org/blog/global-...
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Global Health Watch: Leadership in Flux, Further Cuts to Foreign Aid, a Pandemic Accord
Just three months since the US presidential inauguration, and still more developments affecting the future of HIV prevention, global health leadership, and pandemic preparedness. From African women le...
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South Centre @southcentre.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
🌍 Join us for a South Centre webinar! Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy: Insights from #COVID19 & Future Pandemic Preparedness 🗓 14 April 2025 | 🕛 12:00 PM CEST | 📍 Virtual (Zoom) Learn from experts on challenges & solutions for LMICs.
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Naz @nazprojectlondon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This week, Naz attended the #BlackHealthInequalitiesSummit where we showcased our services and displayed our poster of our pilot programme with HMP Feltham Prison! Access the report here: bit.ly/4c7UwNv #HealthEquity #MentalHealthMatters #SexualHealthForEveryone
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Sophia Forum @sophiaforum.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Very excited to be in parliament this morning to launch our new Womens HIV Policy report with Gilead and @appghiv.bsky.social 18 months of essential work to ensure women are centered in the HIV response @stracs.bsky.social
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HIV i-Base @hiv-i-base.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Exciting early riotrial.bsky.social‬ results at #CROI2025:i-base.info/htb/50530 New #bNABs so far successful in keeping viral load undetectable in some participants off #HIVtreatment. Also the first time we’ve seen bNABs cause vaccine-like immune response. #RIOtrial #teropavimab #zinlirvimab
i-Base graphic. The main text in red and dark blue, on a light blue blue background, reads: CROI 2025. RIO study early results. Viral load remains undetectable off-ART, plus possible vaccine-like HIV cure. Below, in white on a burnt orange background, text reads, San Francisco, California. 9th to 12th March. On top of this is a faint image of the Golden Gate Bridge. In the top left corner is a URL: I hyphen base dot info. In the top right corner is a box made of blue, yellow and red blocks. White text on it reads, HTB news. 2025.
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Aditi Sharma @aditicampaigns.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Thanks for a moving & inspiring evening in these difficult times. #HIV decriminalisation NOW! @hivjustice.net @sophiaforum.bsky.social @nationalaidstrust.bsky.social @appghiv.bsky.social @frontlineaids.bsky.social @thtorguk.bsky.social
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Aditi Sharma @aditicampaigns.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
#HIV is NOT a crime❗ 🔺 #HIV decriminalisation is possible even in challenging political environments @edwinjbernard.bsky.social 🔺 Discrimination is very costly for health & economically Baroness L Barker @appghiv.bsky.social 🔺 Peer support is a lifeline & needs to be funded @stracs.bsky.social
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Dave Brosha @davebrosha.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Nights of Wonder. A -40C evening of crisp beauty under the heavens, exploring with my friend Paul Zizka. #yellowknife #astro #astrophotography
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Yvonne Gilleece @profygilleece.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Speaking in Munich yesterday on #HIVinWomen couldn’t have been more poignant. #HIVtreatment & #HIVprevention has seen real falls in global mortality, prevalence & new diagnoses in the last 10y. The PEPFAR funding crisis puts all this at risk, in particular for women. We must all work to protect them
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Shannon Kowalski @sbkowalski.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
One of the first websites that this "notice" went up on was one encouraging researchers to include women in clinical trials. This is not, and never has been just a war on transgender people. It's also a war on women. And the feminists who threw trans people under the bus are complicit.
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Trump officials ask CDC, FDA to use gender notice on restored websites
The Trump administration had directed health agencies to place a notice condemning “gender ideology” on health webpages that had been earlier taken down.
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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Puts shell to ear: ["I'm still the goddamn Gulf of Mexico."]
Emerald green gulf of Mexico.
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Frontline AIDS @frontlineaids.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Holding governments responsible for meeting the #HIV prevention targets cannot be done alone. 📋✅ Here are our top tips for building successful coalitions to ensure governments fulfil their commitments. 📽️ Watch here: youtu.be/gKxsCkqkEBU
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Coalition building to drive change on HIV prevention
YouTube video by Frontline AIDS
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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Come and volunteer with the Sophia Forum. Training to provide peer support to women growing older with HIV email in flyer 👇👇
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APPG on Global SRHR @appgonglobalsrhr.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#HIVTestingWeek Tackling stigma around HIV empowers people to enjoy safer sex, get tested and access treatment. Challenge stigma today by taking an test. Knowing your status lets you #takecharge of your health.
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Thanks to @hiv-i-base.bsky.social for these reports on the madness of #potus. “ #PEPFAR is currently supporting ART for 670,000 pregnant women, shutting services for 90 days could lead to 135,000 babies born with #HIV” #idsky, #hivsky, #publicheathsky, #medsky i-base.info/htb-news-pos...
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HTB news: Trump blocks 20 million people from ART, then issues temporary waiver | HIV i-Base
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Sarah Hyde @sarahehyde.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Today, over 230 million girls and women worldwide are survivors of #FGM. We need to step up the pace and collectively amplify our commitments to end FGM. #EndFGM #ZeroTolerance @unfpa.bsky.social www.unfpa.org/events/inter...
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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation violates fundamental human rights and can result in complications from detrimental physical and psychological as well as social and economic impacts lasting throughout childh...
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WHO @who.int · 04/02/2025
Today is #WorldCancerDay. Here are some ways to reduce your #cancer risk: 🚭 Don’t use tobacco #NoTobacco 🏊 Exercise regularly 🌽 Eat more fruits and vegetables ✅ Maintain a healthy weight 🍷 Limit alcohol consumption Let's beat cancer!
Reduce your risk of cancer: Refrain from tobacco use, maintain a healthy weight, limit alcohol consumption, eat more fruits and vegetables, and exercise regularly.
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Come and volunteer with the Sophia Forum. Training to provide peer support to women growing older with HIV email in flyer 👇👇
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
✨LIVE WEBINAR✨ A real honour to discuss themes from #Unheard with the Chair of the @patientsassoc.bsky.social, @rachel-p.bsky.social next Thursday 23rd January at 7pm. You can sign up via this link 👇🏽 www.patients-association.org.uk/event/import...
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The importance of listening in medical care - a Fireside chat with Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, author of 'Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing - 23/01/2025 19:00:00
On 23rd January 2025, Dr Dhairyawan will share how not listening to patients has been ingrained in medicine since its inception.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Missed it? You can now watch my chat with @rachel-p.bsky.social @patientsassoc.bsky.social here 👇🏽 www.patients-association.org.uk/the-importan...
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HIV i-Base @hiv-i-base.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Impact of Trump's executive orders on #GlobalHealth: i-base.info/htb/50142 The stop-work order for PEPFAR put 20 million #PLWH at risk, with 1 million already denied ART #HIV #AIDS #PEPFAR #ARVs #Africa #EndAIDS
Trump’s new White House logo. White line drawing of the White House on a dark blue background. The US flag flies on top of the building.
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
🧪 Editors for integrity please stand up My specialty, sexually transmitted infections, sexual and reproductive health and rights in particular @profhelenward.bsky.social @billmiller-epi.bsky.social @grahamkendall.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
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Dr. Vickie Lynn Ph.D, MPH, MSW @lovinglife.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Join AIDS United for a webinar on: The Impact of the Executive Orders on the HIV Community. The webinar will explore how the recent executive orders might affect people living with or impacted by HIV. us05web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
How Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration? - JAMA viewpoint jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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How Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration?
This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration.
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Sophie Strachan @stracs.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
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SHARE Collaborative @shareeastlondon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We are very proud of our Director @profchloeorkin.bsky.social profile in the @thelancet.bsky.social today!
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