undiagnosed STIs – SASHA: South Australian Sexual Health Awareness

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

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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Experts are worried more STIs are going round undetected because of COVID

By J Pope

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ABC News, 28th April 2021 The initial stats were looking good: that sexually transmissible infection (STI) rates have dropped during the pandemic, thanks to things like lockdown and social distancing. But new research from the Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre and University of Sydney suggests that might only be a short-term thing, and that rates of undetected STIs could be a lot higher than we...

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Let’s Celebrate Safer Sex this National Condom Day (SHINE SA Media Release)

By J Pope

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SHINE SA, 11 February 2020 Forget Valentine’s Day, there’s a new romantic day occupying February 14: National Condom Day! With only 36% of young South Australians always using a condom during casual sex, it’s no surprise that STI rates are on the rise. Like an elusive Valentine’s partner, many STIs are hidden. Around 70% of people with chlamydia have no symptoms, going unnoticed while being...

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New report: Surveillance of STIs and Blood-Borne Viruses in South Australia, 2018

By J Pope

In Hepatitis, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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Communicable Disease Control Branch, SA Health, July 2019 In 2018, there were 8,556 new notifications of STI and BBV in South Australia. This represents a 3% increase in the number of new notifications compared to notifications received in 2017. In 2018, there were 6,256 notifications of Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) making this the most commonly notified STI in South Australia. The...

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Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV PrEP by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney

By J Pope

In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, HIV, LGBTIQ+ issues, Safer sex, Sexual Activity, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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Lancet HIV (2018). Published online 06 June 2018. doi: 10.1016/S2352-301830072-9. Abstract: Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been rapidly rolled out in large, publicly funded implementation projects in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. Using behavioural surveillance of gay and bisexual men, we analysed the uptake and effect of PrEP, particularly on condom use by gay and...

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Syphilis jumps to WA: doctors say ‘complacent’ safe sex attitudes to blame

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, Safer sex, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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ABC News, 17/03/2018 Some sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in Western Australia, with Aboriginal communities in the north hit particularly hard by a syphilis outbreak. Australian Medical Association president Omar Khorshid said Aboriginal people in the north had been failed. “It’s really sad that we’ve actually had and outbreak of syphilis that started in north...

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