Education for Choice hightlights misleading pregnancy counselling Education for Choice support young people’s right to informed choice on abortion. They report that Feminist Action Cambridge held a demo in Cambridge city centre to raise awareness of local ‘crisis pregnancy centres’ which they feel are ‘using emotionally manipulative techniques’ and misinformation ‘in order to increase the […]
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The remarkable story of Romanian women’s struggle to manage their fertility
As mentioned in the previous blog this remarkable story (Editor’s choice in this month’s Journal) documents what can happen when access to abortion is restricted. I include here the graph, from the paper, which shows this so well. Anne Furedi, Chief Executive of BPAS, writes, in response to the article, The commentary by […]
January Journal & News
Hightlights from this month’s Journal include: Romanian women’s struggle to manage their fertility – Editor’s Choice Mihai Horga et al. tell the remarkable story of Romanian women’s struggle to manage their fertility. The sudden reversal of liberal abortion laws in 1966 led to a doubling of the total fertility rate within a year, and then […]
Some ‘Online Firsts’ and News
The following papers have been published at http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/early/recent The financial costs to patients of diagnosing and excluding ectopic pregnancy (Unger et al) In their article, Unger and his colleagues in Edinburgh report on their assessment of an area of patient experience that is not often considered when assessing medical interventions. The financial impact on patients’ […]
Drugs – What’s in a name?
Branded, generics or branded generics? Do you know the difference? When a branded, or proprietary, drug comes ‘off patent’ it is common for other companies to apply for marketing authorisation and we are, increasingly, seeing this in sexual health. This can be for generic versions or for branded generics. Branded generics are simply generic equivalent […]
Momentous Day for Nurse Training
The Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare has, today, announced that it will offer training and a qualification in sexual health for nurses. This is something nurses have been requesting for some time and should improve access and service delivery. It is part of a wider project to review training in SRH in light of […]
World AIDS Day 2012 – News
“Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from AIDS-related illness. Zero discrimination” is the theme of World AIDS Day 2012 on 1 December. Life-saving antiretrovirals have reduced new HIV infections and deaths. The 2015 target of 15 million HIV-infected people on antiretroviral medicines worldwide looks more achievable now than ever before. World […]
MedFASH celebrates 25 yrs
The Medical Foundation for HIV and Sexual Health is 25 yrs old (rebranded as MEDFASH). Established in 1987 by the BMA, as an independent foundation, with the aim of improving knowledge and understanding of HIV among health professionals it has grown and spread to encompass all aspects of sexual health. As part of this celebration […]
HPV, HIV & UK Sexual Health Awards
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 […]
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 […]