The Lancet, Volume 396, Issue 10250, 22–28 August 2020, Pages 565-582 Mauvais-Jarvis, F., et al Clinicians can encounter sex and gender disparities in diagnostic and therapeutic responses. These disparities are noted in epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, disease progression, and response to treatment. This Review discusses the fundamental influences of sex and gender as...
Managing Chronic Hepatitis B – Advice for GPs (SHINE SA video)
SHINE SA, July 2017 Today, July 28th, is World Hepatitis Day. There are no ‘healthy carriers’ of hepatitis B! SA Health & SHINE SA are promoting a 6-minute video providing advice for general practitioners in diagnosing, managing and contact tracing patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), to assist in preventing serious liver disease. It is now known that people who were...
Hormonal contraceptive methods for women at high risk of HIV and living with HIV
2014 Guidance statement
WHO, July 2014
The World Health Organization is issuing its contraceptive eligibility guidance for women at high risk of HIV and women living with HIV, in advance of the entire guideline revision. It is anticipated that the revised fifth edition of the MEC will be completed in 2015.
Download the guidelines here