Practical facts about stopping ART if your clinic is closed: webinar on safety and risk

20 March 2025. Related: News.

This community webinar includes practical information about stopping ART if your clinic is closed or has run out of HIV meds.

This included a talk about the safety and risks of stopping ART in different situations.

• Are you worried about your clinic having closed?
• Are your meds already running low?
• Have you already had to stop ART?
• What is the safest way to stop ART?

These and other questions are covered in a practical talk by Professor Sanjay Bhagani, Honorary Professor of Infectious Disease and HIV Medicine, consultant physician at Royal Free Hospital.

The webinar includes a Q&A session with panelists from WHO: Dr. Meg Doherty, Director Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes and Mr. Andy Seale, Global Adviser at World Health Organization Department of HIV, Hepatitis, and STIs.

The Q&A is led by community advocates Tracy Swan and Simon Collins.

Link to webinar (1.5 hours)
Passcode: =Z2?N7U5

ART interruption 2025 Sanjay Bhagani (link to slides)

Other reading
How can I look after my health if I have to stop treatment? (Factsheet)