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 2022 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
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
PrEP EmERGE evaluation project
One of Martin’s many projects was the vision of a digital health platform and, in 2015, the EmERGE project was started under a 5-year HORIZON 2020-funded project. The idea was … Read more
Extravaganza 2
All That Bex returns to the Old Market for a fabulous cabaret event to raise funds for Martin Fisher Foundation, generously sponsored by Glencairn Consulting Limited Saturday, July 30 at … Read more
An evolving project conceived by Martin Fisher… presented at national conference
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV was formed in 2003 and aims to promote, encourage and improve the study and practice of diagnosing, treating and managing sexually transmitted … Read more
Generous donation by Eleanor Swift
The Martin Fisher Foundation received a very generous donation of £250 from Eleanor Swift. Eleanor is a medical student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and was awarded a … Read more
Exhibition in London for the whole of June 2022
The small team at “More to me than HIV” have been working quietly in the background and have some exciting news to share – see details below: Our team are … Read more
Extravaganza! event raised £3043.84
In November 2021, All That Bex presented a fabulous, fundraising cabaret event for The Martin Fisher Foundation!! The Extravaganza! event included performances from the world of comedy, burlesque, and drag … Read more
