Sydney Morning Herald, April 27, 2016 – 12:01AM
An emergency contraceptive that works up to five days after unprotected sex has been launched by Australia’s sole supplier of medical abortion drug RU486.
The EllaOne pill, from non-profit pharmaceutical group MS Health, is available from Wednesday.
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nam/aidsmap, 29 January 2016 Several large sexual health clinics in London and Brighton have responded to the growing numbers of people importing PrEP medications from overseas by offering free safety monitoring to PrEP users. This is in a context of increasing frustration with the slowness of the official NHS process to approve PrEP – no decision will be made until June at the earliest. Read...
The World Today, ABC
Posted Fri at 2:36pm
Key points:
Research of about 2,000 people in 36 countries shows rise in resistance to major HIV treatment drug
60 per cent of people found resistant in Africa, in Europe close to 20 per cent
Patients with resistance have to use less suitable, more expensive and toxic drugs
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Happy New Year to SASHA readers! Star Observer, January 5, 2016 A PHARMACY in southern Africa which is a popular source for Australians to purchase PrEP has said its online orders from Australia jumped by 85 per cent in November and December last year. Green Cross Pharmacy is one of three pharmacies recommended by PrEPaccessNow (PAN), an organisation that helps facilitate access to PrEP (pre...
BBC 5 Live Investigates, 1 March 2015 Last updated at 02:30
Some websites offering treatment for gonorrhoea put patients at risk by not following best treatment guidelines, BBC 5 Live Investigates has found.
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