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Women
KENYA: Sexual violence still a major urban threat

Reports of gender-based violence are on the rise in Kenya's cities, and experts say the police must improve their handling of cases of sexual assault to build public trust in the security and justice systems. 

Published
26 October 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
Young people
Brown signs bill letting California minors get STD vaccine

Gov. Jerry Brown has waded into the national debate over child vaccinations for sexually transmitted diseases, signing into law a bill allowing children as young as 12 to get vaccinated without their parents' consent.

Published
09 October 2011
From
Sacramento Bee
PrEP
'Less education' associated with PrEP and PEP use: only one in five gay men yet aware of PrEP

A survey (Mansergh) of 454 HIV-negative gay men in four US cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco) has found that men with lower educational attainment

Published
16 September 2011
By
Gus Cairns
PEP
Michigan tells poor patients needing PEP: pay for it yourselves

The Michigan Department of Community Health says that Michigan residents without insurance or cash to pay the $1,000 tab for a one month prescription to prevent infection with HIV after an exposure are on their own in finding ways to pay for the drugs.

Published
23 June 2011
From
Michigan Messenger
PEP
Intensive and targeted PEP counselling leads to less risky sex afterwards, fewer HIV infections

People at higher risk of HIV infection who take post-exposure prophylaxis benefit from an intensive programme of risk reduction counselling, American researchers report in the 1 July

Published
21 June 2011
By
Roger Pebody
PEP
South Africa: Police failing rape victims

"The police service routinely fails to follow correct procedures such as informing victims that they have the right to post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV transmission, and also to demand that the suspect be tested for HIV," TLAC spokesperson Lisa Vetten said in a statement.

Published
22 March 2011
From
News 24
Microbicides
One dose of raltegravir gel three hours after sex might prevent HIV infection

A study presented at the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston has found that a single dose of a microbicide gel containing the

Published
01 March 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Ireland: Doctor who contracted HIV settles High Court action

A DOCTOR WHO contracted HIV while performing his duties as a surgeon has settled his High Court case against the hospital where he had worked, the HSE, and the state.

Published
27 January 2011
From
thejournal.ie
PEP
India: Accidental exposure to HIV gets needed attention

The Delhi government has started a first-of-its-kind initiative to train healthcare professionals in government hospitals on accidental exposure to HIV while treating patients, or Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).

Published
24 January 2011
From
Indian Express
Health services and systems
International guidelines launched to protect health workers against HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis

These guidelines directly aim to ensure that health workers have access to universal and standard precautions, preventive therapy for tuberculosis, HIV post-.exposure prophylaxis, treatment, compensation schemes for occupational infection, and social security or occupational insurance at the workplace

Published
20 November 2010
From
International Labour Organization
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