Ground breaking-anonymity features, and well-presented information, but needs to follow through. Petals is an online web application, developed by Coventry University, which aims to provide information and assistance to those who wish to know more about, or who are at risk of, FGM. Using the site is fairly straightforward. Accessed through the Petals homepage, it […]
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Peer Reviewers Wanted
The Journal is seeking new peer reviewers. This would involve occasional work reviewing submitted papers for acceptance and advising on any final fine-tuning which needs to take place. This is done online, and reviewers can claim CPD using this work. If you would like further information, please contact info.jfprhc@bmj.com. […]
Data Use In Sexual Health
Last week, a London HIV clinic hit the headlines: in emailing service users en-masse with a newsletter, the service inadvertently emailed all clients, with names and email addresses visible to all recipients. Like the majority of information security breaches, this was not the result of a clever hack. Many media outlets have reported this breach as […]
Review of Glow: A Reproductive Health App
Glow is a reproductive health app for Android and iOS, developed and released this year. It forms part of a triad of apps including Glow Nurture, which allows logging of pregnancy data, and Ruby (currently only available for iOS) which logs and advises on contraceptive use. The purpose of Glow is to centralise fertility awareness […]
New Society for Abortion Care Providers
The British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) has been formed to promote best practice, education, training and research in abortion care. The BSACP is open to those involved in the provision of abortion care including doctors, nurses, midwives, counsellors, clinical support workers and managers. The BSACP will serve its members by providing a forum […]
Hues and Cries: Colour Changing Condoms and Chlamydia Vaccines
Journal readers may be interested in the paper by Stary et al in last month’s edition of Science magazine, which reports on early trials of a mucosal, killed vaccine against Chlamydia. Chlamydia remains one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the UK, and creates a significant disease burden with the associated risk of […]
Good Vibes: The FPA’s Novel Funding Strategy
The UK Sexual Health charity The Family Planning Association (FPA) is eighty-five years old this year, but its decision to broaden its funding opportunities by opening up an online shop specialising in sex toys proves that age is no barrier to experimentation. Set up in 1930, the FPA originally provided clinical services to the people […]
ESC 14th Congress in Basel
The 14th Congress and 2nd Global Conference of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health will be held in Basel from 4th – 7th May 2016. The First announcement invites abstracts to be submitted by 15th November for presentations, free communications and posters The UK has many members and always has a significant presence […]
ellaOne® (ulipristal acetate) training roadshows
HRA Pharma UK has announced that, now that ellaOne® is available in UK Pharmacy without prescription, it will be launching a comprehensive training programme to support the introduction into pharmacy. Part of this programme includes seven interactive workshops which will take place at venues across the UK. These workshops will provide a summary of information […]
The True Cost of HIV Treatment
Last week saw the first pre-election debate between the leaders of major UK political parties. Seven were invited: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Greens, UKIP, Plaid Cymru and the SNP, resulting in a set that looked like a strange, suited parody of a quiz show. No one is sure who really won, and we won’t find […]