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	==References==		==References==
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Wessexman: Martin Fisher Foundation

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Martin Fisher Foundation

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	[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.		[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.

	Over the next few years many people died from AIDS-related infections (see [[:Category:AIDS-related deaths]] for a few of the more well known UK people); the number reduced sharply with the arrival of new treatments from around 1995.		Over the next few years many people died from AIDS-related infections (see [[:Category:AIDS-related deaths]] for a few of the more well known UK people); the number reduced sharply with the arrival of new treatments from around 1995.
			Martin Fisher became an HIV consultant in [[Brighton]] in 1995, just as effective HIV therapy became available, and proceeded over the next 20 years to build a strong department, with a passionate, dedicated and loyal HIV team. His breadth of interest and knowledge, and desire to improve patient care was recognised nationally and internationally. Following his death The Martin Fisher Foundation was established as a charity with the aim of ending the HIV epidemic <ref> https://themartinfisherfoundation.org/the-martin-fisher-foundation/ m</ref>.
	A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.		A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.

Wessexman at 15:16, 25 February 2023

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	A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.		A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.

	A display of photos taken in the first dedicated AIDS ward in the Middlesex Hospital went on display in 2023 in the Fitzrovia Chapel <ref> Photographing love and loss in the UK's first Aids ward https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-64759137 </ref>. From February 2023 the London Metropolitan Archives announced that 'The largest collection of filmed interviews ever compiled about the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and ‘90s in the UK will be available for public access from this month <ref> https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/uks-largest-collection-of-publicly-accessible-hivaids-interviews-reveal-deeply-personal-testimonies/ </ref>.		A display of photos taken in the first dedicated AIDS ward in the Middlesex Hospital went on display in 2023 in the Fitzrovia Chapel <ref> Photographing love and loss in the UK's first Aids ward https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-64759137 </ref>. From February 2023 the London Metropolitan Archives announced that 'The largest collection of filmed interviews ever compiled about the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and ‘90s in the UK will be available for public access from this month' <ref> https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/uks-largest-collection-of-publicly-accessible-hivaids-interviews-reveal-deeply-personal-testimonies/ </ref>.

	==Prevention==		==Prevention==

Wessexman: new collection of interviews made public

2023-02-25T15:15:30Z

new collection of interviews made public

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	A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.		A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.

	A display of photos taken in the first dedicated AIDS ward in the Middlesex Hospital went on display in 2023 in the Fitzrovia Chapel <ref> Photographing love and loss in the UK's first Aids ward https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-64759137 </ref>.		A display of photos taken in the first dedicated AIDS ward in the Middlesex Hospital went on display in 2023 in the Fitzrovia Chapel <ref> Photographing love and loss in the UK's first Aids ward https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-64759137 </ref>. From February 2023 the London Metropolitan Archives announced that 'The largest collection of filmed interviews ever compiled about the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and ‘90s in the UK will be available for public access from this month <ref> https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/uks-largest-collection-of-publicly-accessible-hivaids-interviews-reveal-deeply-personal-testimonies/ </ref>.

	==Prevention==		==Prevention==

Wessexman: Photo display in 2023

2023-02-25T15:06:58Z

Photo display in 2023

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	A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.		A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.

			A display of photos taken in the first dedicated AIDS ward in the Middlesex Hospital went on display in 2023 in the Fitzrovia Chapel <ref> Photographing love and loss in the UK's first Aids ward https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-64759137 </ref>.

	==Prevention==		==Prevention==

Wessexman at 18:05, 12 June 2022

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	In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).		In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).

	In 1986 it was estimated that half of the heroin addicts in [[Edinburgh]] were infected with HIV <ref> Aids: The Last Chance Part 1 Thames TV documentary broadcast 1986 available on BFI free view </ref>. It was also estimated that there were 30,000 people infected with HIV throughout the UK by the end of 1986 <ref> Illustrated London News 1 December 1986 </ref>.		In 1986 it was estimated that half of the heroin addicts in [[Edinburgh]] were infected with HIV <ref> This Week: Aids: The Last Chance Part 1 Thames TV documentary broadcast 1986 available on BFI free view </ref>. It was also estimated that there were 30,000 people infected with HIV throughout the UK by the end of 1986 <ref> Illustrated London News 1 December 1986 </ref>.

	[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.		[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.

Wessexman at 18:04, 12 June 2022

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	In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).		In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).

	In 1986 it was estimated that half of the ~~drug~~ addicts in [[Edinburgh]] were infected with HIV <ref> Aids: The Last Chance Part 1 TV documentary broadcast 1986 available on BFI free view </ref>. It was also estimated that there were 30,000 people infected with HIV throughout the UK by the end of 1986 <ref> Illustrated London News 1 December 1986 </ref>.		In 1986 it was estimated that half of the heroin addicts in [[Edinburgh]] were infected with HIV <ref> Aids: The Last Chance Part 1 Thames TV documentary broadcast 1986 available on BFI free view </ref>. It was also estimated that there were 30,000 people infected with HIV throughout the UK by the end of 1986 <ref> Illustrated London News 1 December 1986 </ref>.

	[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.		[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.

Wessexman: 30,000 infected by the end of 1986.

2022-06-12T17:57:22Z

30,000 infected by the end of 1986.

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	In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).		In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).

	In 1986 it was estimated that half of the drug addicts in [[Edinburgh]] were infected <ref> Aids: The Last Chance Part 1 TV documentary broadcast 1986 available on BFI free view </ref>.		In 1986 it was estimated that half of the drug addicts in [[Edinburgh]] were infected with HIV <ref> Aids: The Last Chance Part 1 TV documentary broadcast 1986 available on BFI free view </ref>. It was also estimated that there were 30,000 people infected with HIV throughout the UK by the end of 1986 <ref> Illustrated London News 1 December 1986 </ref>.

	[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.		[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.

Wessexman: 1986 TV documentary

2022-06-12T17:46:20Z

1986 TV documentary

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	In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).		In 1981 it was noticed that a number of gay men in USA were getting a very rare disease called [[Kaposi's sarcoma]]. 88 cases had been reported over 18 months, January 1981-summer 1982 <ref> Gay News issue 245 22 July 1982 'Cancer, poppers and gay men' Report by Richard B Fisher </ref>. When two gay men died in the UK of an immune system breakdown their deaths were linked to the same disease found in the USA. For a while the disease was known as [[Gay Compromise Syndrome]] <ref> Although neither men in the UK appeared to have Kaposi's sarcoma. Gay News issue 246 August 5 1982 'Second UK gay compromise death'. The Nursing Mirror was still using the term Gay Compromise Syndrome in March 1983, as reported in Gay News issue 262 March 31 1983. </ref>. The disease was subsequently referred to as "GRID" (gay-related immunodeficiency). The term AIDS was adopted when it became clear that the disease was not restricted to gay men. [[Terry Higgins]] was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS (in 1982), leading to the setting up of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]. During the 1980s it became clear that a virus was responsible for AIDS, and in 1986 it was given the name HIV ([[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]).

			In 1986 it was estimated that half of the drug addicts in [[Edinburgh]] were infected <ref> Aids: The Last Chance Part 1 TV documentary broadcast 1986 available on BFI free view </ref>.

	[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.		[[Terry Madeley]] was one of the first people with AIDS in the UK to talk openly about his disease on television. 'Viewers were moved by his positive attitude, his honesty and his irrepressible humour, despite the fact he faced a potentially terrifying death' <ref> https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf953c6826864ba2934e80e56d72c7aa Accessed 20 Jan 2021. </ref>. He died in 1987. ''Remember Terry'' was broadcast on BBC 2 on 17 Dec 1987.

Wessexman: AIDS archive on line.

2022-01-02T17:21:40Z

AIDS archive on line.

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	Over the next few years many people died from AIDS-related infections (see [[:Category:AIDS-related deaths]] for a few of the more well known UK people); the number reduced sharply with the arrival of new treatments from around 1995.		Over the next few years many people died from AIDS-related infections (see [[:Category:AIDS-related deaths]] for a few of the more well known UK people); the number reduced sharply with the arrival of new treatments from around 1995.

			A useful collection of videos relating to AIDS has been compiled by Martin Weaver and is available on You Tube <ref> AIDS Archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDlwn5q0BaX4e2mXaNAHbA/videos (accessed 2 January 2022) </ref>.

	==Prevention==		==Prevention==