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Where did HIV come from? The most common form came from chimpanzees in central Africa, probably entering the human population between 1890 and 1920 as a result of people hunting chimpanzees.

At IAS 2023, Dr Lara Vojnov from the World Health Organization (WHO) spoke to NAM aidsmap's Roger Pebody about viral load measurements and their relevance to transmission and WHO's statement on undetectable viral load.

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a way of preventing HIV infection. PEP involves taking a four-week course of the drugs used to treat HIV very soon after possible exposure to the virus.

At AIDS 2022, Professor Lucie Cluver from the University of Cape Town talks to NAM's Roger Pebody about violence and HIV.

Angelina Namiba from the 4M Mentor Mothers Network shows NAM aidsmap's Susan Cole how to create U=U t-shirts. This video is part of our HIV stigma project for Black women with HIV in collaboration with 4M, funded by Fast-Track Cities London.

Dr Vanessa Apea shares facts about 'Undetectable equals Untransmittable' (U=U) in the first video from our new project for Black women living with HIV on stigma, in collaboration with the 4M Mentor Mothers Network.

NAM aidsmap's Matthew Hodson talks about HIV transmission, including the conditions that need to be met for HIV to be transmitted, the main ways HIV is passed on and impossible routes of transmission.

Dr Lulu Nair of Stellenbosch University in Cape Town talks about vaginal rings and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) at IAS 2021.

NAM aidsmap teamed up with award-winning animation studio Animade to produce U=U for World AIDS Day 2020. The film fights stigma with knowledge by reinforcing the ‘Undetectable = Untransmittable’ consensus statement that people with HIV on effective treatment can’t pass on the virus.

Having an undetectable HIV viral load means that HIV cannot be passed on during sex. In our video, NAM's Matthew Hodson talks about Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U).

With British HIV Association secretary and HIV consultant, Dr Laura Waters; activist and founder of iwantPrEPnow, Greg Owen; HIV advocate and Salamander Trust Associate, Angelina Namiba; HIV activist and advocate, Mercy Ngulube; founder of cliniQ, Michelle Ross; and NAM aidsmap's Executive Director, Matthew Hodson.

Our HIV Community Forum shared information on HIV treatment and prevention from the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science. With Dr Tristan Barber, from Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust; Memory Sachikonye, from UK Community Advisory Board (UK-CAB); and Gus Cairns and Roger Pebody, from NAM aidsmap.