Donate to NAM Official provider of online scientific news - IAS 2011 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment & Prevention 17-20 July 2011 Thursday 21st July 2011 Contents Treatment is prevention – what now? HIV treatment – starting soon after infection only modestly delays need for long-term therapy New and experimental treatment … [Read more...]
SSHA Conference 2011: Cardiff
“Challenges & Innovations in Sexual Health Advising” Date 30th of September 2011 Location Unite Offices, The Meeting Room, 1 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF24 2BY Programme 09.30 - Registration tea and coffee 10.00 - Ethical Dilemmas in HIV 10.30 - Partner Management by Postal Testing - (Gill Bell) 11:00 - Is There a Benefit to Provider Referral? - (Richard … [Read more...]
Eastern Region SSHA Study Day
Date Saturday 18th June 2011 Venue Clinic 1A, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ Cost Free for all participants. Lunch provided Who is the study day for? For all health advisers and nurses with health adviser duties in sexual health. [Priority will be given to professionals in the Eastern region, which covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, … [Read more...]
NICE: Public Health Intervention Guidance
Increasing the uptake of HIV testing among black Africans in England https://guidance.nice.org.uk/PH33 Increasing the uptake of HIV testing to reduce undiagnosed infection and prevent transmission among black African communities living in England This is one of two pieces of NICE guidance published in March 2011 on how to increase the uptake of HIV testing. A second … [Read more...]
West Sussex Structured Interview (WeSSI)
Information Sheet Background Patients’ psychosocial needs, medical interventions and legal policy may all change in the months and years following an HIV positive diagnosis. The WeSSI has been developed to set standards in Health Advising by addressing these needs and changes in an ongoing and structured manner. Content The WeSSI is a structured interview to be completed … [Read more...]