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Australia’s Annual Sexual Health Check Up: STIs are mostly down, but reductions in testing could be the cause

By J Pope
In HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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 Kirby Institute (UNSW) – released Thursday 8 December 2022 Data released last month by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted testing and diagnoses of sexually transmissible infections (STI) in Australia. The report titled HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: Annual surveillance report shows that in 2021 there...

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Caring for people with MPX: constantly updated clinical guidelines

By J Pope
In Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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National Clinical Evidence Taskforce (Australia), 2022 The National Clinical Evidence Taskforce aims to support Australia’s healthcare professionals caring for people with urgent and emerging diseases, by providing continually updated, evidence-based clinical guidelines. The Taskforce, an alliance between 35 member organisations, established the world’s first ‘living guidelines’...

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Intimate partner violence before and during the COVID-19 lockdown

By J Pope
In Sexual, gendered & partner violence
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O’Hara Caitlin Alsandria, Tan Rayner Kay Jin (2022) Intimate partner violence before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: findings from a cross-sectional study in Singapore. Sexual Health, Background: The coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in lockdowns worldwide, with reports suggesting a concomitant increase in the incidence of intimate partner violence (IPV). This study was...

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Monkeypox webinar recording and information webpage now available

By J Pope
In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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IAS (International AIDS Society), June 2022 To contain the monkeypox outbreak, urgent action is needed to reach the most vulnerable people with accurate information and preventive interventions. Care must also be taken to not exacerbate stigma that may discourage the most vulnerable from accessing services.  IAS – the International AIDS Society – organized a webinar entitled “Monkeypox under the...

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Translated monkeypox information sheets in several languages

By J Pope
In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Multicultural communities, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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NSW Health, via NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Jun 1st, 2022 NSW Health has created a fact sheet on Monkeypox Virus (MPV), aimed at the general public, and which has been translated into several languages, as follows: English Arabic / العربية , Simplified Chinese / 简体中文 Traditional Chinese / 繁體中文pati Portuguese / Português  Spanish / Español Thai / ภาษาไทย Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt...

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Monkeypox Virus (MPV): Public Health Alert, Stigmatising Language Warning, and more

By J Pope
In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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1. Monkeypox Virus (MPV) Infection Public Health Alert SA Health, 21 May 2022 Monkeypox infection is caused by monkeypox virus. It is endemic in central and west Africa with cases outside Africa usually detected in returned travellers. As of 20 May 2022, 15 countries have reported 27 confirmed and 45 suspected cases of monkeypox. Several countries have reported cases in men who have sex with men...

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