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HIV Scotland is a registered charitable organisation based in Edinburgh, Scotland, established in 1995 as Scottish Voluntary HIV & AIDS Forum, that works to make policy and advocacy changes for people living with HIV in Scotland, PrEP users, and people at risk of HIV.

History
George Valiotis was the Chief Executive Officer of HIV Scotland between 2012 and 2019 during which a key achievement was a successful implementation strategy for a new technology called HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), for which he was awarded the British Medical Association Medfash prize for making Scotland the first nation in the UK to have it listed on their NHS Scotland.

Most substantively he spent the previous seven years as Chief Executive Officer of HIV Scotland, managing multiple strategic policy and education collaborations with pharmaceutical companies, researchers, policy makers, insurers, health services, community members, and professional medical bodies. A key achievements in that role was the successful implementation strategy for a new technology called HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), for which he was awarded the British Medical Association Medfash prize for making Scotland the first nation in the UK to have it listed on the their national health service.