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Welcome to the African in Sheffield web site.
 On this site you can access information on a range of sexual health issues (including HIV and AIDS), find out about local and national sexual health support services and read about the work of our African Sexual Health Peer Education team.
You can access different parts of this site by clicking on the topic headings on the menu on the left of the screen.
We will be adding new elements to the site on a regular basis, so if there’s something you want to know or see on the site let us know and we’ll try our best to build it in. |
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Lay Expert Advisory Panel |
 Lay Expert Advisory Panel (LEAP)Are you living with HIV or caring for someone who is?Are you part of a community where your friends have been directly affected by HIV? If so, the Lay Expert Advisory Panel (LEAP) need your help. Your experience, knowledge and understanding are really valuable and could help to improve local services for people living with HIV. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is currently looking for volunteers like you to be part of a panel that will inform how HIV services are delivered. The panel will also give you the chance to contribute to and participate in research that will help to improve the health and well-being of people living with HIV For more information on this exciting opportunity please do email us at
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or write to Charlie at the address below. Charlie Hughes
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Department of Genito-urinary medicine
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JFAll correspondence will be replied to as quickly as possible. |
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Coming Soon - New Website for People Living With HIV in Sheffield |
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The Centre for HIV and Sexual Health are in the process of developing a new and interactive website for people living with and affected by HIV in Sheffield. The site Positively Sheffield will hopefully be launched in January 2012. To receive notification of when the site is up and running, go to the holding page www.positivelysheffield.co.uk |
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Reflection for the Faith Community about HIV/AIDS |
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Pastor Djoly Mpanzu from the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is also a peer educator for the African Sexual Health Peer Education Project in Sheffield. In this thoughtful and inspiring article, he talks about why he joined the peer educator project and how he conciliates this with his spirituality. |
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Sheffield Sexual Health Services |
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 A new webiste has recently been launched that brings together information about all the sexual health services in Sheffield. The website also gives lots of useful information about a wide range of sexual health topics. You can visit this website by clicking this link www.sheffieldsexualhealth.nhs.uk
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Sheffield’s African Sexual Health Peer Education Team |
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 As part of our work in raising awareness of sexual health issues with African people living in Sheffield, we have a team of volunteers who can offer a range of one-off sessions or ongoing work on all issues of sexual health including:
- HIV / AIDS Awareness
- Contraception and Condom Use
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Men’s Sexual Health Issues
- Women and Sexual Health
The African Sexual Health Peer Education Team (part of the Centre for HIV & Sexual Health) are volunteers from Sheffield’s African community who work with community groups to get people talking about sexual health and to provide up-to-date and relevant information on all aspects of sexual health (including HIV/ AIDS awareness).
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