Australia Adopts Herd-Immunity Approach in Fight Against HPV On July 12, 2012, Australia took a stand to become the first country to provide coverage of the Gardasil® vaccine to boys between the ages of 12 and 13, through a National Immunization Program-sponsored school-based initiative. In her press release, the minister of health, Tanya Plibersek, stated […]
Category: Media reports
Sexual Abuse in Childhood
By coincidence, the publication of this season’s Journal occurred at the same time as the mushrooming revelations around Jimmy Savile’s abuse of many of his fans over many years. The press are currently talking about 50 or 60 people but he must have come into contact with thousands of vulnerable young, star-struck youngsters in his […]
Abortion Matters
The First centre to offer abortions in Ireland to open in Belfast. Marie Stopes International is set to open the ground-breaking clinic next week and, as to be expected, has polarised opinion. Women and sexual health providers welcome the move while there is the usual uproar from those against women’s choice. The clinic will only […]
FIAPAC and ESC Conference Reminders
There is still time to register for FIAPAC 2012 in Edinburgh – October 19th-20th – Unwanted Pregnancy: A fact of life ESC – Global Conference – Call for Papers The First global conference on contraception, reproductive and sexual health will be held in Copenhagen from 22-25th May 2013. The closing date […]
Sept 26th World Contraception Day
Your Future. Your Choice. Your Contraception. WCD 2012 focuses on empowering young people to think ahead and build contraception into their plans, in order to prevent an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted infection (STI). World Contraception Day (WCD) takes place on September 26 every year. This annual worldwide campaign centres around a vision for […]
CASH at the Olympics 2012
It has been slightly difficult to find original links between sexual health and the current obsession with the Olympics. Pointing out the obvious – thousands of fit (very), young (mostly) and health (hopefully) bodies all together in a large compound in England’s green (one advantage of all that rain) and pleasant capital – seems […]
Fertility Issues
IVF twins: buy one get one free? (Mittal) (published online 18 July) The aim of IVF treatment should be to achieve a full-term singleton birth. This article explores the tensions that exist between IVF provision and the elective single embryo transfer (eSET) policy. The authors present a balanced contemporary review describing why twin pregnancies are […]
APPG Inquiry reveals shocking findings ahead of World Summit
Yesterday saw the release of the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on SRH in the UK following an investigation into restrictions to access of contraceptive services in the UK. Their report: ‘ Healthy Women Healthy Lives’ shows evidence of women being actively restricted from services and methods, with the over 25s bearing the […]
Journal Impact Factor Soars
The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care’s 2012 impact factor is 1.636, a massive 32% increase on last year. The IF reflects the number of citations a journal receives and is seen as a marker of its relative ‘importance’. It is calculated by dividing the number of times articles were cited in the […]
SRH Reports from around the globe
International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion The ICMA have launched a new international campaign for women’s right to safe abortion. Individuals and organisations are invited to join the campaign in advance of 28 May, the International Day of Action for Women’s Health. To read more and to register support go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CHH62F5 UNFPA […]