London has always taken an innovative approach to tackling HIV. London has got to where it is today by a mix of highly effective treatment, some of the best testing and diagnosis in the world, a combination of prevention methods and the huge range of organisations in London supporting and advocating on behalf of people […]

Fast-Track Cities London joins the cities of Paris, Toronto and New Orleans, together with 100s of non-governmental organisations, to endorse the U=U (Undetectable = Untransmissible) global movement to help end the stigma around HIV. We want Londoners to know the clear and simple message that a person on effective treatment, with undetectable levels of HIV […]

London has been chosen to host the first Fast Track Cities international conference because we are the first global city to exceed the United Nations AIDS targets for tackling HIV. We want to make sure London’s outstanding HIV community is actively engaged, highly visible and well represented throughout the conference period. This represents an excellent […]

London has joined the international Fast-Track Cities initiative to ‘Get London to Zero’ HIV by 2030. London is the best city in the world for HIV detection and treatment with 95% of people with HIV diagnosed, 98% on treatment and 97% with the virus undetectable. London has been picked to host the first international Fast-Track […]

What is Fast-Track Cities? Fast-Track Cities is an international initiative to end new cases of HIV by 2030. Over 200 cities across the world are part of this movement to get to zero new cases of HIV, zero preventable deaths, zero stigma and discrimination and a better quality of life for people living with HIV. […]

Over 100 people from London’s health and care and the wider London HIV community joined us on 13 July 2018 to help shape plans for London’s Fast Track Cities Initiative (FTCI). The aims are to have zero new HIV infections, zero preventable AIDS-related deaths and zero HIV stigma, as well an improving the quality of […]

London became a signatory to the international UNAIDS/IAPAC* HIV Fast-Track Cities (FTC) Initiative in January 2018. It is an excellent opportunity for London to move further and faster in its HIV response.  Since the signing event, the four joint-signatories (Public Health England, NHS England, London Councils and the Mayor of London) have formed a Kickstart […]

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, signed the Paris Declaration on Fast-Track Cities Ending the AIDS Epidemic, along with borough leaders, Public Health England and NHS England on Wednesday 10 January. Their ambition is to cut rates of new HIV infection in the capital and eliminate discrimination and stigma associated with the condition. London has already […]