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Wales becomes the first Fast Track Nation

FOR RELEASE – EMBARGOED UNTIL 23 JULY 2025 AT 17:00 23 July 2025Cardiff / Llanelwedd, PowysWales becomes the first Fast Track NationA landmark milestone in ending HIV transmissions in Wales. As of 23 July 2025, Wales is officially a Fast Track Nation, the first of its kind anywhere in the world. This moment marks a…

Fast Track Cymru – July 2025 – Bulletin #8

As summer reaches its peak, Fast Track Cymru continues to grow stronger thanks to your collaboration, activism and belief in a Wales without new HIV transmissions and zero HIV Stigma. We’re pleased to share highlights, developments, and what’s ahead.

MPox and Sexual Health Vaccination Campaign

Have your say on sexual health and vaccines in Wales Public Health Wales is gathering feedback from communities across the nation to help improve access to MPox and sexual health vaccine information. If you have views or experiences around MPox, HPV, hepatitis A and B, or sexual health more broadly, there are two simple ways…

Fast Track Cymru – September 2024 – Bulletin #6

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Fast Track Cymru has had an incredibly active and vibrant summer filled with events, meetings, and community engagement. Among the highlights were our participation in EYST events across Wales and our involvement in over 20 Pride events, where we had the opportunity to connect with a diverse range of individuals and…

Fast Track Cymru – May 2024 – Bulletin #4

Dear Colleagues and Friends, At the beginning of April, Sarah Maslen accepted the promotion from the Swansea Bay and West Wales role to the new Fast Track Cymru Manager position. We are extremely grateful to Lisa Power for all the work, passion and dedication up until this point and delighted that she has agreed to…

Fast Track Cymru – March 2024 – Bulletin #3

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Lots of exciting things to update you on! Swansea Bay are the latest region to sign the Paris Agreement, joining Cardiff & Vale, Newport and North Wales as part of the Fast Track Cymru coalition. Thank you to Bertrand Audoin from Fast Track Cities European office and all of the health…

Fast Track Cymru: the end of 2023 and looking forward.

2023 was the most eventful year for Fast Track in Wales since we started to pester the Health Minister (then, Vaughan Gething) back in late 2019 about this bright idea some Welsh clinicians had had about a coalition to end HIV. Even back then, he wanted Fast Track Wales but we felt we needed to…

Fast Track Cymru – December 2023 – Bulletin #2

Dear Friends and Colleagues, A lot has happened recently – we’ll do our best to keep it short. Firstly, we have been funded by the Welsh Government to March 2025 to establish Fast Track Cymru and Fast Track arrangements across Wales and we now have three part time Development Workers and a Manager. The Development Workers…

Fast Track Cymru – September 2023 – Bulletin #1

Dear friends and colleagues, There’s so much news that it’s hard to know where to start! Fast Track Cymru has been awarded a Welsh Government Grant as part of the HIV Action Plan, which will enable us to employ three part-time workers to develop and support new Fast Track coalitions across Wales. We have already advertised the…

Event: Trans+ & NB Health and Well-being fair

Saturday, 5 April 2025, from 10am – 4pm Location The Corn Exchange, High Street Newport NP20 1AA About this event Stalls from different groups including health screening, mental health support and how to advocate…

Event: HIV History and the Tree of Life in Cardiff

Join Fast Track Cymru on Wednesday 11th December from 6:30pm – 7:30pm for a special online World Aids Day event, during which Mark Etheridge, Principal Curator of Collection Development. LGBTQ+ at Amgueddfa Cymru -…