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- NEW Queensland Syphilis Action Plan 2023-2028NEW Queensland Syphilis Action Plan 2023-2028 In response to the syphilis notifications in Queensland increasing 7-fold from 2001 to 2022, on February 14, 2024, the Hon Shannon Fentiman, Minister for Health, Mental Health, and Ambulance Services, as well as Minister for Women, unveiled the Queensland Syphilis Action Plan 2023–2028. This five-year initiative by the government… Read more: NEW Queensland Syphilis Action Plan 2023-2028
- World AIDS Day: How science has turned HIV into a treatable, preventable conditionSource: ABC News, Jeremy Fernandez, 1 December 2021 In just half a lifetime, modern science has turned HIV, one of the most fearsome diseases in human history, into a treatable, preventable condition. It’s a medical marvel that HIV-positive Ruan Uys is reminded of every day. “I wouldn’t be here popping just one pill a day… Read more: World AIDS Day: How science has turned HIV into a treatable, preventable condition
- Don’t fool around with syphilisSource: The Australian Government Department of Health, 29 July 2021 We have launched a campaign on infectious and congenital syphilis. Syphilis is a serious sexually transmissible infection (STI) that causes both immediate and long-term health issues. Syphilis is treatable with antibiotics, but not everyone with syphilis has symptoms. This means that people often don’t realise they have… Read more: Don’t fool around with syphilis
- Syphilis outbreak continues to evolveSource: The Australian Government Department of Health, 9 April 2021 Multi-jurisdictional Syphilis Outbreak Surveillance Reports The Multijurisdictional Syphilis Outbreak Group (MJSO) produces surveillance reports (formerly known as communiques) which provide updates on epidemiological data for the syphilis outbreak, and the Group’s activities.Its latest February 2021—30th Surveillance Report shows that 4017 cases of infectious syphilis have… Read more: Syphilis outbreak continues to evolve
- Young people are hungry for good sex education. I found a program in Mexico that gets it rightSource: The Conversation, Shelly Makleff, 10 March 2021 More than 30,000 people have signed a petition, launched by ex-Sydney school girl Chanel Contos, demanding for consent to be at the forefront of sexual education in schools. The text in the petition states: Those who have signed this petition have done so because they are sad… Read more: Young people are hungry for good sex education. I found a program in Mexico that gets it right