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Contraception
The latest word on hormonal contraception and HIV

In early 2012, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced it could not conclusively determine whether hormonal contraceptive injections increased the risk of HIV transmission. Almost a year later, WHO is still struggling to communicate clear guidance for women using injectable contraceptives, who are largely in the dark about these concerns, say activists, even as scientists are developing a clinical trial that could finally offer answers.

Published
06 December 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Relationships and feelings
The Price of Ignoring the Sexuality of Kenya's HIV Positive Youth

“The problem is in the transition into adolescence and teenage years. You are dealing with young people who are at an age where they don’t communicate well. The needs of HIV positive teenagers are real and they are ignored just the same way the sexual and reproductive health needs of teens in general are ignored,” an activist said.

Published
03 December 2012
From
Inter Press Service
Promoting HIV testing
HPA urges further action on HIV testing to reduce numbers undiagnosed and diagnosed late

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) issued its annual epidemiological report yesterday, and drew particular attention to the need for improvement in HIV testing rates – six of

Published
30 November 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Relationships and feelings
UGANDA: Profiles of infidelity, HIV vulnerability

Married or cohabiting couples are at a higher risk of HIV infection in Uganda than their single counterparts, with some studies finding that as many as 65 percent of new infections occur in long-term relationships. The prevailing culture, a hybrid of traditional mores and more modern, western values, accepts - even expects - men, and increasingly women, to have a "side dish" - a euphemism for a sexual affair.

Published
30 November 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Sexually transmitted infections
STI epidemic amongst gay men undoubtedly contributing to continuing high rate of HIV transmission

New figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reveal in 2011 over a fifth of gay men (21%) diagnosed with HIV were simultaneously diagnosed with an acute STI such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea.  This compared with one in 25 heterosexual men and one in 30 heterosexual women.

Published
29 November 2012
From
NAT press release
Relationships and feelings
Uganda: Born with HIV, they have healthy babies

Mukasa and Gloria were born with HIV and they used to get counselling at the same place. Eventually, they became friends and later fell in love. The couple has been living positively and they have been blessed with two children – both of them HIV-negative.

Published
26 November 2012
From
New Vision
Sexually transmitted infections
2012 European guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhoea in adults recommends dual antimicrobial therapy

The recommended treatment for uncomplicated Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections of the urethra, cervix, rectum and pharynx, when the antimicrobial sensitivity is unknown, is a combination of ceftriaxone 500 mg and azithromycin 2 g.

Published
22 November 2012
From
Eurosurveillance
Young people
Unprotected sex reported by the majority of sexually active adolescents infected with HIV since birth

Close to two-thirds of sexually active adolescents infected with HIV at birth have had unprotected sex, US investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Published
21 November 2012
By
Michael Carter
Relationships and feelings
Is romance dead on the gay scene?

Hook ups/one night stands/quick shags/fuck buddies, whatever you want to call them, seem to be more common, especially on the gay scene. But it is simplistic to say romance is dead and gay/bi men are only interested in random hook ups. Actually there are a whole range of positions in relation to romance and sex, and understandings of each of these within the gay scene.

Published
15 November 2012
From
GMI Partnership
Disclosure and children
USA: 20 percent of youth with HIV didn’t know they were infected at first sexual experience

Roughly 20 percent of youth who have had HIV since birth did not know their HIV status when they first became sexually active, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health-supported research network.

Published
10 November 2012
From
NIH News
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