7th August 2016 by Judith Duffy [Herald Scotland] Article Link Campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to follow the example of France and introduce a drug that can prevent HIV without waiting for it to be licensed. The drug, called Truvada, triggered headlines last week after the High Court told the NHS in England it should fund the treatment, despite health … [Read more...]
Gay men under 45 to be offered HPV vaccine in Northern Ireland
6th August 2016 By Joseph Patrick McCormick [Pink News] Article Link Men who have sex with men in Northern Ireland are to be offered a vaccine to protect against the human papilloma virus (HPV). But only men under 45 will be offered the vaccine, should they attend a sexual health clinic in Northern Ireland. The move was announced by Northern Irish Health Minister … [Read more...]
Give young people and gay men free condoms to reduce STIs, watchdog says
5 August 2016 by Sarah Boseley (Guardian) Link to Article Draft guidance from Nice says councils should consider schemes to provide free advice and condoms to halt rise in HIV and gonorrhoea Local authorities should run schemes to supply young people with free condoms and sex advice in an attempt to curtail the number of sexually transmitted infections, a health … [Read more...]
NHS can fund ‘game-changing’ PrEP HIV drug, court says
By Press Association Guardian 2nd August 2016 NHS has legal power to fund pre-exposure prophylaxis, which is highly effective in preventing HIV transmission, judge says A leading Aids charity has won a high court battle over whether a preventative treatment for HIV that charities say is a “game-changer” can legally be funded by the NHS. NHS England said it had … [Read more...]
Health Advisers receive BASHH awards at this years BASHH Conference
There was a special Sexual health Nurses and Sexual Health Advisers symposium that ran on the first morning of the BASHH Conference 2016 with presentations aimed specifically at and by these groups. There were 4 Bronze scholarships awarded to Sexual Health Advisers this year for the quality of their abstract submissions – this means they received complimentary conference … [Read more...]