Martin Fisher Foundation
Working together TOWARDS ZERO HIV
Martin Fisher Foundation
Working together TOWARDS ZERO HIV
Towards Zero - Our Progress!
Great news! By the end of 2025 we helped achieve:
95% of people living with HIV in Brighton and Hove knowing their status
99% of people being on effective treatment
99% of people with HIV on treatment being unable to pass the infection on to others due to untraceable levels of virus in the blood stream
"Good News about HIV"
We are absolutely delighted that Dr Ranj Singh is narrating our newest release of our HIV animation
Ending new HIV transmissions in this city and the UK is now within our grasp!!
The Martin Fisher Foundation was founded in 2015 to take forward the work of Professor Martin Fisher. We continue to promote Martin’s ethos of treating people living with HIV with dignity, compassion and respect, and are developing new strategies for effective HIV prevention, treatment and care.
TOWARDS ZERO HIV
We are working together towards ZERO new HIV infections, ZERO HIV-related deaths, and ZERO HIV stigma in Brighton & Hove. We have a unique opportunity to eliminate new HIV cases within the next generation. We know around 1:20 people with HIV are unaware of their infection and may be unknowingly passing on the infection to others.
If we can increase HIV testing across the city and reach the undiagnosed proportion, then they can start effective treatment which will completely suppress the virus. Once suppressed, or undetectable, the virus is untransmittable.
Undetectable equals untransmittable U=U.
By simultaneously improving access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a tablet people at risk can take to prevent HIV acquisition (a bit like contraception to prevent pregnancy), we aim to move TOWARDS ZERO new infections.
And by improving knowledge around HIV and ensuring the whole population has up-to-date information we also hope to move TOWARDS Zero HIV-stigma.
News & Updates
2026: Application for research grants
Following the success of the Martin Fisher Foundation Research Grants Programme in 2025, we are delighted to relaunch this exciting opportunity in 2026, with a limited number of grants available … Read more
A future without HIV stigma is possible…
A future without HIV stigma is possible and Brighton & Hove is building it Cllr Mitchie Alexander In Brighton & Hove, we pride ourselves on being a city that leads, … Read more
Research grants awarded
Following the launch of the Martin Fisher Foundation Grants in January 2025, we were delighted to announce the successful funding of two innovative and impactful projects: THT Can’t Pass It … Read more
ZERO HIV Stigma Day 2025
We’re inviting everyone in Brighton & Hove to come together on Monday 21 July to mark Zero HIV Stigma Day – a day of solidarity, education and action. Whether you’re … Read more
The British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference comes to Brighton
Each year, the annual spring BHIVA conference takes place in a different UK location. This year, it was Brighton’s time to shine on the 23rd to Friday 25th April at … Read more
Application for research grants now open
The Martin Fisher Foundation (MFF) are offering an exciting opportunity to apply for research or improvement funds (up to a maximum of £10,000) for local projects in-line with MFF goals: … Read more
