University of Adelaide, June 2018 AdelaideX’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offer learners free to study university-level online courses on a variety of topics. AdelaideX’s latest MOOC, Sex and Human Reproduction, will launch on Thursday 12 July and enrolments are now open. Led by Professor Mario Ricci (Adelaide Medical School), and made in collaboration with experts from the Robinson...
SHINE SA, April 2018 SHINE SA hosts regular education sessions focused on clinically relevant issues. These sessions are available for doctors, nurses, midwives and other interested professionals. QI&CPD points can be applied for each session. Forums include light refreshments, an educational presentation (1.5 hours CPD) and networking opportunities. SHINE SA is trialling various software and...
Lawyers Weekly, 22 March 2018 The leading advocacy group for human rights law in Australia has called on the federal government to better ensure the country is meeting its international obligations to protect women and girls when it comes to processes such as abortion. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) spoke earlier this week in response to comments from Nationals MP George Christensen...
Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), March 2018 AN UPDATE ON SEXUAL HEALTH PRESENTED BY A TEAM OF ADELAIDE’S SEXUAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS* *Please note this training is for GPs and practice nurses. When Saturday 05/05/2018 Starting Time 9:00 AM Ending Time 4:00 PM Australian Central Time Where Pavillion on the Park Veale Gardens, Cnr South Tce...
nam/aidsmap, 06 February 2018 HIV-positive women in Switzerland are mainly relying on male condoms for contraception, investigators report in HIV Medicine. “Male condoms remained the most frequently used contraceptive method, whereas the use of long-acting reversible contraceptives was very uncommon,” note the researchers. “One in six women using contraceptives experienced an unwanted pregnancy...
aidsmap / nam, 11 January 2018 Even if Depo-Provera and other contraceptive injections raise the risk of HIV infection, withdrawing them from use in African countries would greatly increase maternal mortality, a modelling study has shown. The loss of life due to pregnancy complications and unsafe abortions would far outweigh the number of HIV infections prevented, according to the study...