WHO warns about threat of drug resistance
“WHO calls for urgent action to preserve power of antibiotics and make new ones,” The Guardian reports. The World Health Organization (WHO), has published a report highlighting the growing global threat of drug resistance.
Expert opinions on the implications of the WHO report have been informative, such as the quote, on BBC News, from Dr Jennifer Cohn, medical director of Médecins sans Frontières' Access Campaign, who said that this report should be “a wake-up call to governments to introduce incentives for industry to develop new, affordable antibiotics that do not rely [on] patents and high prices and are adapted...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication QA articles Source Type: news
Global Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeaeGlobal Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
The control of gonorrhoea is failing at the global level. We are in desperate need of novel antimicrobial agents and a gonococcal vaccine. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill, Unsigned but Still Effective
Homosexuals in rural Uganda lack condoms and lubricants for safe sex. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPSBy Faith LokensKAMPALA, Jan 21 2014 (IPS) Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has reportedly refused to sign a controversial anti-gay bill that would mean life in prison for people convicted of homosexual acts.
But many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and intersex (LGBTI) people in the East African country, and NGOs trying to help them, say many have been suffering discrimination for years and it is getting worse.
“People think it [the bill] is already law,” Judith, who asked not to be identified for he...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 21, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Faith Lokens Tags: Africa Countdown to ZERO Development & Aid Featured Gender Gender Identity Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ Projects Regional Categories TerraViva Europe TerraViva United Nations Anti-Homosexuality Bill International HIV/A Source Type: news
Obstetric Outcomes After Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea InfectionsObstetric Outcomes After Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea Infections
Is a diagnosis of a chlamydia or gonorrhoea infection prior to pregnancy associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes? Sexually Transmitted Infections (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Sampling Technique for Isolation of Pharyngeal GonorrheaSampling Technique for Isolation of Pharyngeal Gonorrhea
Does pharyngeal swabbing technique improve gonorrhoea detection rates? Sexually Transmitted Infections (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Results of UK sex survey published
Conclusion
The findings of the report make for some mixed reading; suggesting multiple, and often contrasting, trends are at work.
One on hand we are having sex with more people than previous generations, but on the other hand we actually spend less time having sex.
Similarly, some of our attitudes, such as acceptance of same-sex partnerships have become more liberal, while other attitudes, such as acceptance of having sex outside a relationship, have hardened.
Perhaps the biggest concern is the statistics provided about non-volitional sex. The fact that one in 10 women had sex against their will at some point in their lif...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HSE concerned at upsurge in gonorrhoea cases
Public health director says forms of infection may become untreatable in future (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - November 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Slowdown in drug-resistant gonorrhoea
There has been a “slowdown” in the emergence of gonorrhoea infections that are resistant to key antibiotics, Public Health England has said. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 31, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
'Slowdown' in drug resistant gonorrhoea
The emergence of drug-resistant gonorrhoea has slowed down, according to Public Health England
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Source: Nursing in Practice - October 31, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Lalah-Simone Springer Tags: Sexual health Infections Editor ' s pick Latest News Source Type: news
'Slowdown' in resistant gonorrhoea
A "slowdown" in the emergence of drug-resistant gonorrhoea has been reported by Public Health England. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Campaign warns of dangers of gonorrhoea as cases rise by 33%
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Source: The Irish Times - Health - October 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections linked to pregnancy complications
Becoming infected with chlamydia or gonorrhoea in the lead-up to, or during, pregnancy, increases the risk of complications, such as stillbirth or unplanned premature birth, indicates research published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. The researchers analysed the birth records of more than 350,000 women who had had their first baby between 1999 and 2008 in New South Wales, Australia's most heavily populated state... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news
STIs among young rise by 50% in 10 years: Cases of gonorrhoea soar
Nearly two-third of chlamydia cases and more than half of gonorrhoea infections reported last year occurred in the under-25 age group. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: Just Writing - the Cost of Village Love
[Observer]Sweet because of the absence of deadly infectious diseases, as is with the case of Aids today, rather we were scared of syphilis and gonorrhoea. And not because of the effects, but that when you were infected, you had to suffer the humiliation of getting treatment where everyone would see you lining up for the infamous injections. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
