Black Minority & Ethnics Population

BME (Black Minority and Ethnics population) Asylum Seekers and Refugees

There is a range of organisations across Hull and East Riding which provide support, drop in centre, workshops, advice including sexual health, information about STI's, HIV and AIDS and raising public awareness.

 

 

 

 Yorkshire MESMAC's African Voices Podcasts

To contribute to reducing time between infection and diagnosis of HIV infection amongst African communities. Yorkshire MESMAC have produced a series of short podcasts on HIV and surrounding issues. The podcasts are in the following different languages: English, French, Swahili, Shona, Luganda and Yoruba.

Each podcast covers essential information for Africans on HIV in five segments:-

  • What is HIV?
  • How is HIV transmitted?
  • Getting tested for HIV
  • Being positive and visiting the clinic
  • HIV and medication

Listeners are also provided with contact details for the 'Do It Right' Information and Advice Line set up to support African people with questions about HIV. To access the podcasts online, click here. Service users can download the free podcast directly on to mobile phones and iPods via the online iTunes store.