Here are�some�resources you can download, specific to Black African communities:

Be Wise: HIV and STI Testing for African Communities

This booklet contains key information for Africans regarding HIV and AIDS as well as sexual health.� A great quick guide with all the facts and information you need to stay sexually healthy and where you can go for support or help to stay safe.

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Be Wise: PEP Information for African People

This updated PEP booklet outlines the PEP treatment, by explaining what PEP is and how it works.� There are also guidelines about when PEP is offered and how to access it after possible HIV exposure.

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Be Wise: Stories of HIV Testing and Living Positively with HIV

The audio files from this CD resource are the true stories of six Africans in London and their experiences with HIV testing and living with HIV.� They are meant to tell positive stories that highlight the positive side of living with HIV or going for an HIV test.� The complete CD is downloadable in .zip format.

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PEP: PEP Information for African People

This booklet gives African people the information they need about Post-Exposure Prophylaxis—it explains what PEP is, how it works, when it’s appropriate to use it and how to get it.

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Know it All: HIV�& AIDS

This booklet is an HIV and AIDS information booklet for young African people.

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Mambo: It's Better to Know

This poster is intended to promote access to HIV testing amongst Black African communities in London.

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Mambo: We Play Safe!

This poster is intended to promote safer sex practices by providing information on how and where to get free condoms.

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The Black Issue—Issue 34

Why are Black homosexually-active men in the United States and the United Kingdom disproportionately affected by HIV? Issue looks at the underlying reasons for this, and how the response from health promotion professionals could be improved.

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I Want to Survive, I Want to Win, I Want Tomorrow

This report examines the lives of a group of African men living with HIV in London. The men have responded to HIV infection in a variety of different ways and many still feel optimistic about the future. But the main theme in these accounts is one of loss.

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My Heart is Loaded: African Women with HIV Surviving in London

This report explores the circumstances of a group of African women with HIV living in London.  They show enormous commitment and considerable creativity in the struggle to sustain their own health and that of their families in what is often a very hostile environment.

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