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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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 A new scheme aimed at reducing the incidence of undiagnosed HIV in Sheffield's Black African community has just been launched.
The scheme offers an alternative method of HIV testing where people from African communities living in Sheffield can order a home saliva sampling kit, take a saliva sample at home and post this to the hospital for testing. Results of this test will then be given by telephone from one of the health advisers who work at the G U Clinic at the Hallamshire Hospital. The scheme aims to make access to HIV testing more readily available for people from the Black African community and increase the early diagnosis of any HIV infection so that people diagnosed with HIV can enjoy long and relatively healthy lives. You can order a HIV home sampling kit by completing the online request form on the Time 2 Test page of this website or by calling the Centre for HIV and Sexual Health on 0114 226 1900. The scheme will run from July to December 2010. |
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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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Why I became an African peer educator |
Why I became an African peer educator Mirriam C. M'cheleka
I believe in community building, community work and in participation and that any society without a strong, well co-ordinated community cannot be a successful one .
I am an African living in Sheffield and I like to be involved in African community work to see my community successful and happy.
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