YEP Project on February 25, 2015 Gaining information about blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and their modes of transmission can be a process that is daunting and potentially full of confusion and myths. This is why YACWA teamed up with HepatitisWA to run a training workshop about ‘Young People and Blood Awareness’ during Sexual Health Awareness week. Read more here Access presentation Young People and...
Reuters, Tue Feb 24, 2015
When women who are family planning experts need to pick a birth control method for themselves, what do they generally choose? Not the same thing the average woman chooses, a new study found.
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Sex Transm Infect 2015;91:106-110 doi:10.1136/sextrans-2014-051719
Background: Uptake of chlamydia screening by men in England has been substantially lower than by women. Non-traditional settings such as sports clubs offer opportunities to widen access. Involving people who are not medically trained to promote screening could optimise acceptability.
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Hepatitis SA, 23/2/2015 This upcoming Heplink forum focuses on hepatitis C treatments – past, present and future. Hear from speakers about treatment advocacy, support models, treatment experiences (including excerpts from a video diary), and an update on all the treatments currently submitted for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and what these treatments will mean for South...
The Age, February 20, 2015
Gay and lesbian staff are being forced to stay in the closet or choose self-employment to avoid workplace homophobia, according to new research.
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nam, 12 February 2015
A small pilot study using a daily dose of the antibiotic doxycycline as pre-exposure prophylaxis against sexually transmitted infections has found that a group of HIV-positive gay men taking doxycycline was more than 70% less likely to be infected with an STI than men given financial incentives to avoid STIs, a significant difference.
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