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Did you know? In 2020 we provided HIV, sexual health and COVID-19 information to over 15 million people through our website, Avert.org. Thank you for your support!

We hope you have all had a happy and healthy start to the new year and were able to enjoy the festive season. We know last year was a very different and difficult time. But we were pleased to have been able to continue our work providing accurate and trusted information about HIV, sexual health and COVID-19.

Here’s to continuing our efforts in 2021!

We’re starting to feel festive here at Avert – even if it is virtually this year! We know 2020 has been a difficult year but we hope you all have a lovely festive season and a happy and healthy start to the new year. 

Our HIV basics video series is being translated into Arabic by the Tunisian Centre for Public Health and ATL MST SIDA Tunis. We’re really pleased to see our content available in another language so that more people can learn the facts about HIV!

You can see the first translated video here.

For this year's World AIDS Day we asked young people for their tips and advice on the best ways to have a happy and healthy sex life. From talking to your partner about what turns you on to getting advice about contraceptives and testing for HIV and STIs - check out our favourite tips here.

We've just launched two new Young Voices videos! Designed to get young people thinking and talking about consent and using condoms in relationships. Check them out on the links below.

Sexual consent: www.avert.org/young-voices-africa/do-you-always-have-say-yes-sex-your-partner

Condoms and relationships: www.avert.org/young-voices-africa/when-your-boyfriend-wants-stop-using-condoms

We’re proud that Avert is a new coalition member of GenEndIt – the movement empowering global youth to transform the world and be the generation to end AIDS.

Find out more and get involved here.

We're always pleased to hear that our users are learning a lot from the information and resources on Avert.org!

We are currently redesigning our website and digital offer, and want to hear from you how what we do can be more useful. Take our survey and help shape our new online offer!

We've been updating our country graphics with the latest UNAIDS data. So if you're looking for up-to date visuals of the HIV epidemic around the world, head over to our infographics hub.

Some great feedback about one of our Talking HIV videos. Have you seen any of them yet? Our Talking HIV series is a collection of real-life conversations between people who have been affected by HIV.

"Amazing stories! I can relate to this so much. I'm very much enjoying watching it and learning about their experience."

We’ve been working together with Louisa Manby from UCL, to investigate the potential of digital health interventions for HIV prevention for female sex workers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

We'll be sharing some of the findings soon, so watch this space!

Always great to hear that the information on Avert.org is helping you support and educate your communities.

“Great information I’m going to share the information I learned to educate the local community” – Avert.org user

Our Young Voices videos are still receiving a high level of engagement across our social media. So far on Facebook and Instagram Young Voices has:

• reached over 2.8 million people
• had over 1.8 million engagements
• been watched over 630k times (viewing 50% or more)

Find out more about the Young Voices project here.

Have you tried our COVID-19 quiz yet? See if you have got all the right information about COVID-19 and how to look after your health.

We've launched a new series of real-life stories on Avert.org - Stories for Change.

Developed in collaboration with citizen journalists in Southern Africa, each episode features a first-person experience, from challenges in accessing healthcare services, homophobic and transphobic discrimination, to overcoming self-stigma and mental health issues by finding support from others.

Our Sex and COVID-19 page has now become the most viewed page on Avert.org - with over 200,000 page views last month (June). If you haven't yet, why not go check it out!

Have you seen the series of cards we’ve created with Cricket without Boundaries? Designed to get young people talking about HIV and sexual health.

The cards cover three broad themes including the basics of HIV transmission and prevention, living with HIV, and sex and relationships. Find out more on our project page.

Did you know that the AIDS 2020 virtual conference starts today? We are hosting a booth in the Global Village to showcase our new resource for community health workers: Boost!

The Global Village is freely accessible to all 24 hours a day, and we will be online for live chat from 3pm (BST) each day. So please come along to say hello, and find out more about Boost and our other digital projects.