Fri,27 April 2012
Young women of reproductive-age are among those at greatest risk of acquiring HIV, and several studies have suggested that during pregnancy women are even more susceptible to infection. Now, a new study finds that pregnancy is a time when men also are at greater risk. In fact, their risk doubles if their partner is both HIV-infected and pregnant.
The results were presented at the International Microbicides Conference, along with findings of a pivotal study that is the first to ask whether using a microbicide during pregnancy is safe for women and their babies. Between 70
Sat,31 December 2011
The 48 hour access target for all sexual health clinics will be impossible to meet on the basis of current evidence, claims an editorial in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
The target is scheduled to take effect in 2008, and was prioritised last week in the NHS Operating Plan for 2006/7, which sets out the business and financial arrangements for the next two years. The authors, STI co-editor Dr Helen Ward, and immediate past president of the British Association of Sexual Health, Dr Angela Robinson, warn that "failure to deliver on this infection control measure will cost the publ |
