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Reluctance to take the vaccine may not be as unique to Black and Asian communities as it seems
Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it’s faltering again.
It is generally assumed that this disease-control technique goes back to the 1840s, but it’s actually much older.
Recent discoveries on the effects of live attenuated vaccines challenge the current vaccine paradigm and question vaccination policies.
STI prevention was largely driven by HIV prevention. With changes in HIV prevention initiatives that don’t really take into account other STIs, there’s need to refocus STI prevention.
As ophthalmologists, we’ve noticed an uptick in cases of vision problems caused by syphilis. Practising safe sex is important for our eye health too.
Modern factors are seeing a revival of the STI that was once consigned to history.
Gonorrhoea has seen a sharp increase in diagnosis rates, of up to 94% in some groups.
NSW has changed its laws imposing criminal penalties on someone with an STI who doesn’t take “reasonable precautions” to not infect their sexual partner.
The annual surveillance report of sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in Australia has found notifications of sexually transmissible infections are on the rise in Australia.
Most people are aware of the benefits of breastmilk, but few are aware of the risks.
The latest instalment of Australia’s annual report card on HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections has been released this morning. Here’s what experts make of the results.
The syphilis outbreak in Central Australia is not about child abuse. But it highlights the urgent need for investment in sexual health services for Aboriginal Australians living in remote areas.
There are many lessons Southern Africa can learn from Cuba, which became the first country in the world to eradicate mother to child transmissions of HIV and syphilis.
In 1495 a horrific new disease appeared in Europe. Acquired by sexual contact and initially spread through Europe by mercenary soldiers from the army of King Charles VIII of France returning from a successful…
A fall in condom use across the population is driving strong growth in sexually-transmitted infections, according to one of the authors of an annual surveillance report released today. Syphilis diagnoses…
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Program Head of Surveillance Evaluation and Research, UNSW
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW
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Director of POCHE Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney; Scientia Professor, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor and Head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Research scientist, Columbia University
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Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Public Health; Associate Research Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Applied Research into Human Trafficking; Deputy Director, Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
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Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Epidemiologist, The Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Head of Population and Preventive Health, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Masters of Applied Epidemiology (MAE) Scholar, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National Univeristy (ANU), Australian National University
