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:
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.
We’re pleased to see the increasing amount of traffic to our COVID-19 pages on Avert.org – with over 480,000 page views since the beginning of April.
Our evergrowing COVID-19 section is now jam-packed with information and resources you can use and share with your community, including a series of infographics, a COVID-19 quiz, FAQs and a myth-busting page.
We've received some great feedback on our mobile phone app, Boost. Providing clear and accurate information for community health workers in Southern Africa.
Have you checked it out yet?
March saw a record amount of traffic to Avert.org! In total we had over 1.3 million users visit the site.
We've been working with community health workers in Southern Africa to create a new range of COVID-19 resources for our mobile phone app, Boost.
Providing clear, accurate and visual information they can trust, to support their clients and communities.
We've created a new series of infographics to answer some of the key questions about coronavirus (COVID19).
You can view and download all the infographics here.
We’ve created a new section on Avert.org that talks you through everything you need to know about the new coronavirus (COVID-19) and what it means for people living with HIV.
“You guys really gave me important information that I'll carry with me throughout my life. Thank you, continue the great work.”
Great to hear this feedback from one of our Instagram followers! Why not check out our page: www.instagram.com/avertaids
Did you know our Boost Facebook group has over 50 members so far? If you're a community health worker, then it's the place for you! Join the conversation on HIV and sexual health with your peers.
At the end of last year we ran a survey on Avert.org to see what people thought about our website and if they could find everything they were looking for. We had over 6,000 responses and received some great comments!
Did you know we developed Boost with community health workers in Southern Africa? They have been helping us to create the content and testing the app's functionality. Here’s what some of them have said about using Boost so far…
You can see more quotes from the community health workers we've been working with on our Facebook page.
Great feedback on our HIV basics video series. A series of five explainer videos that help people to understand key information about HIV.
