The best choice of HPV vaccine – Gardasil 4vHPV, Cervatrix 2vHPV or Gardasil 9vHPV – will no doubt vary from one country to another. But decisions regarding the relative cost-effectiveness and affordability of a particular vaccine depend upon estimates of its efficacy. As regards the most recent vaccine, Gardasil 9vHPV, Huh & Luxembourg (H&L) have […]
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To tweet or not to tweet?
Blog post by Katy Turner (@katymeturner) Who is responsible for tweet etiquette at conferences? Organisers? Presenters? Tweeters? Conference organisers can certainly set the tone for an event with pronouncements like this one: Tweet from Trish Groves (@trished) Clear guide #ICTMC2017 on seeking permission to blog, tweet, take pics (I should’ve read this sooner) This feels […]
The PrEP ‘care continuum/cascade’: how would it look?
We take for granted the value of the care continuum (or ‘cascade’), now increasingly seen as the key measure of health system response to HIV (Cassell (STIs editorial)). The application of this model to HIV has provided a benchmark for evaluation in contexts as diverse as Moscow (Wirtz & Beyrer (STIs)), South Africa (Schwartz & […]
Improving Partner Notification with a new online tool from SXT Health CIC – by Anatole Menon-Johansson
Improving levels of partner notification (PN) is key to reducing the transmission of STIs in the UK, but doing so has proved to be difficult, time consuming, and expensive for many. As few as 25% of sexual health care providers achieve the BASHH target of 0.6 partners seen for every patient diagnosed with an STI […]
Editor-in-Chief Vacancy, Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually Transmitted Infections (sti.bmj.com) is the world’s longest running international journal on sexual health, publishing peer reviewed original research, descriptive epidemiology, evidence-based reviews and comment on the clinical, public health, translational, sociological and laboratory aspects of sexual health from around the world. It also has an active online presence via a regular blog, podcasts, and […]
Should the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Keele University Postgraduate Award in Medical Education be compulsory for GUM trainees?
Author: Dr Zana Ladipo, New Croft Sexual Health Centre, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK Sexual Health services in the United Kingdom are changing from separate Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) clinics and Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH) clinics to a more integrated Sexual Health service, a one-stop shop for patients. There […]
Call for papers: Trichomonas vaginalis
We’re inviting contributions for two special themed issues: Trichomonas vaginalis – deadline 31st October 2012 Further information >> Criminalizing contagion – deadline 14th December 2012 Further information >> […]
Call for papers on Criminalizing Contagion
The BMJ Group journals Sexually Transmitted Infections (impact factor 3.029) and the Journal of Medical Ethics (impact factor 1.391), in conjunction with academics at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy (University of Manchester) and the Health Ethics and Law Network (University of Southampton), would like to publish a collection of articles on the criminalization […]
Do you want to write for us?
We are seeking contributions on clinical topics of interest to our readers, for the “How To” series, edited by Dr Sarah Edwards. Could you write for your colleagues on a topic of practical relevance to clinicians? Perhaps a common clinical conundrum, or an area not covered by guidelines where evidence is lacking? If you would […]
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) conference May 2011
This week saw the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) descend on Newcastle, in the North East of England, and not far from the Angel of the North, one of the wonders of Britain. This meeting, attended by over 500 sexual health clinicians, always provides an impressive array of research studies from small […]