ArchiveOctober 2015

Greater support needed for pregnant transgender men

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Medical News Today, 29 October 2015
Many transgender men who have the capacity to bear children are faced with barriers in the healthcare system as a result of a lack of training, argue Juno Obedin-Maliver and Harvey Makadon in a commentary published in SAGE journal Obstetric Medicine.

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Strategies for hepatitis C ‘treatment as prevention’ must address the concerns of people who inject drugs

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nam/aidsmap, 28 October 2015 While epidemiologists and public health experts are excited by the potential of new hepatitis C drugs to limit onward transmission of the virus among people who inject drugs, the strategies ignore profound barriers to drug users engaging with healthcare and their broader needs. For ‘treatment as prevention’ to be ethical and acceptable to people who inject drugs...

A service coordination guide: Improving the health care of women and girls affected by female genital mutilation/cutting

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Family Planning Victoria, 2014 This national resource supports health and community service providers in all states and territories, who work with women and girls affected by female genital mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C). It provides them with the information they need to talk with women and girls about FGM/C and its potential impact on their health and wellbeing. Contents: – Introduction and...

SASHA evaluation survey – a reminder

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Hi SASHA browsers & subscribers, Just a reminder about our survey – thanks so much to those who have taken the time to answer, but we’d love a few more responses if possible before we close the survey. SASHA has been running for a year now so we’d like to evaluate it, to see if it’s a useful service – and if so, how it can be improved further to meet your needs...

Outdated abortion laws create ‘medical tourism’ for interstate procedures

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The Guardian, Monday 26 October 2015 09.39 AEDT Improved technology has made testing for foetal abnormalities easier and more accurate, but inconsistent state legislation means women do not have equal access to abortion should they choose to terminate their pregnancy as a result, an editorial published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday says. With the exception of Victoria, doctors...

PrEP SA: Free forum in Adelaide

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A forum to discuss the role of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and how it could work in the prevention of HIV in South Australia Thursday 26 November 6:30 | PM 57 Hyde Street, Adelaide | Free event | Catering provided SA Mobilisation + Empowerment for Sexual Health (SAMESH) and the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) are bringing leading HIV clinicians...

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