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Healthcare workers living with HIV have different motivations for disclosing/concealing their status

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nam/aidsmap, 10 November 2017 Nurses and other healthcare workers who are living with HIV have mixed reactions when they mention their HIV status to colleagues, according to a small Dutch study reported in the November/December issue of the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. Some healthcare workers disclosed because they expected a positive reaction or they felt the need to share...

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The barriers to medical abortion [in Australia]

By J Pope

In Crime and law, Gynaecology & andrology, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy, 08/06/2017 Australian women are choosing medical abortion less often than international peers because there are barriers to access, argue two experts. in countries where mifepristone has been available for some time, about half of women seeking to terminate a pregnancy choose it over surgical termination. Access in Australia is relatively recent, and at this stage...

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TGA backs consumer adverts for ulipristal in Australia

By J Pope

In Contraception, Pregnancy choices

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Pharmacy News, 19 May, 2017
The TGA has agreed that consumer advertising should be allowed for the emergency contraceptive ulipristal.
This will help increase public awareness and access to ulipristal (branded EllaOne) and therefore reduce unplanned pregnancies, says the TGA.

People in New Zealand will now be able to buy oral contraceptives over the counter

By J Pope

In Contraception, Reproductive health

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Australian Journal of Pharmacy online, 15 Feb, 2017 The Medicines Classification Committee recommendation follows an application by Green Cross Health and Natalie Gauld Ltd to have the contraceptives downscheduled from prescription to “restricted” medicines. Medsafe Group Manager Chris James says this will mean pharmacists can sell up to six months’ supply of oral contraceptives to women who meet...

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Naloxone: Victoria’s rising death rate prompts calls to relax restrictions on overdose ‘antidote’

By J Pope

In Crime and law, People Who Inject Drugs / AOD

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ABC news, Posted 13.12.16 at 5:11pm The high rate of overdose deaths in Victoria has prompted calls for a change in regulations around overdose ‘antidote’ Naloxone. Naloxone is used to reverse the effects of opioids like heroin and oxycodone but under Australian law it can only be dispensed over the counter by a doctor or pharmacist. The stigma can mean some users avoid asking for the...

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