Health Awareness Against STI's
Monday, 10 June 2013, 2:39 pm Press Release: Tokelau Affairs Health Awareness Against STI's A WORKSHOP aimed at preventing and promoting safe sex against transmitted infections (STI) among the people...
View ArticleImproving the sexual health of Pacific adolescents
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 9:18 am Press Release: NZPPD NEWS RELEASE NZ cross-party parliamentarians’ group calls for stronger political support to improve the sexual and reproductive health of Pacific...
View ArticlePoor Access to STI Counseling and Services by HIV+ of El Salvador 27/08/2012...
Author: Mark Mascolini 27 August 2012 People diagnosed with HIV in El Salvador infrequently reported post-test counseling, prevention interventions, or seeking medical attention for sexually...
View ArticleHealth Department help
Florida ranks third in the nation in the number of AIDS cases, reports the Florida Department of Health. In 2011, Hernando County 192 cases reported to the DOH. The Health Department /Nature Coast...
View ArticleTime for multiple prevention technologies (MPTs) is now
Friday, 24 August 2012, 5:09 pm Article: Shobha Shukla Time for multiple prevention technologies (MPTs) is now by August 23, 2012 The call to end AIDS at the recently concluded XIX International AIDS...
View ArticleNew UNDP Publication: "Me, My Intimate Partner, And HIV."
Friday, 2 December 2011, 12:32 pm Press Release: UNDP Pacific Centre A New UNDP Publication On Fijian Self-Assessments Of HIV Transmission Risks 01 December 2011 [Suva, Fiji – December 1] What do...
View ArticleThe 18th Meeting of the Pacific Heads of Education Systems
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 12:24 pm Press Release: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat 24th August 2011 The 18th consultation meeting of the Pacific Heads of Education Systems (PHES) is underway in Koror,...
View ArticleMédecins Sans Frontières welcomes assistance for survivors
Saturday, 1 September 2012, 1:08 pm Press Release: Medicines Sans Frontiers PRESS RELEASE Médecins Sans Frontières welcomes assistance for survivors of fammily and sexual violence AUGUST 31, 2012,...
View ArticleHealth Expert Group Ensures Relevance to Pacific Island Need
Monday, 17 June 2013, 1:55 pm Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community Health Expert Group Ensures Relevance to Pacific Island Needs Scientific and public health experts will meet at the...
View ArticleBalancing Act between Trade Agreements and Health Needed
Monday, 11 February 2013, 6:52 pm Press Release: UNDP The Need for a Balancing Act between Trade Agreements and Health [Nadi – February 11] The Pacific should take the best of what trade and trade...
View ArticleNew resources to assist health care professionals with STIs
Monday, 15 April 2013, 3:09 pm Press Release: STIEF 15 April 2013 New resources to assist health care professionals to overcome barriers in managing Sexually Transmitted Infections The changing scene...
View ArticleMedia has a very important role to play at Pacific Forum
Monday, 5 September 2011, 10:01 am Press Release: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat The media has a very important role to play at the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meetings. Speaking at the...
View ArticleTobacco control vital to health
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 6:13 pm Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community Tobacco control vital to health Thursday 30 May 2013, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New...
View ArticleA Pacific-Led Vision for HIV and Other STIs
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 12:36 pm Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPC media release A Pacific-Led Vision for HIV and Other STIs in the Pacific Monday 18 March 2013, Secretariat of...
View ArticleSamoa and the International Community Disaster Plans
Friday, 2 December 2011, 12:53 pm Press Release: OCHA Wednesday 30th November 2011, Apia- The United Nations, led by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in partnership...
View ArticleSPC strengthening initiatives against gonorrhoea
Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 10:58 am Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25th September 2012 SPC strengthening initiatives against drug-resistant gonorrhoea in...
View ArticleJanuary is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: Women's Health Advocates...
UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pearl of Wisdom Campaign to Prevent Cervical Cancer wants women to protect themselves - and their mothers, daughters, sisters and friends - from this...
View ArticleNurses keep abreast of reproductive health issues
A group of service providers from the family planning and maternal health department within the Ministry of Health and Social Services is attending a two-week workshop on family planning and...
View ArticleKENYA: Training health workers on HIV prevention for positives
BONDO, 4 October 2010 (PlusNews) - Kenyan health workers have been missing the opportunity to prevent HIV-positive people from infecting others because they lack the skills and knowledge to counsel...
View ArticleAFRICA: Awareness leads to drop in HIV infection rates among refugees
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] © WFP Refugees at Kakuma camp NAIROBI, - A public awareness campaign has led to sexual behaviour changes resulting in a...
View ArticleSTI testing could boost HIV prevention (Brown University)
(Source: Brown University) Sexually transmitted infections can make HIV transmission more likely, undermining the prevention benefit of HIV treatment. A new study of HIV-positive patients in Cape Town,...
View ArticleHIV/Aids: Red Cross Mobilises Youths for Awareness Campaign
The debate over sex education in schools and colleges is age long in this part of the world. To many parents, the inclusion of sex and health education in primary and post primary education curriculum...
View ArticleChlamydia awareness on the rise
People's understanding of chlamydia has increased dramatically in the past few years, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics survey of 3,000 people found 91% of women and 79% of men...
View ArticleKnow the Facts About STI’s (Keystone Health)
(Source: Keystone Health) (Know the Facts About STI's first appeared in the Public Opinion Newspaper in November 2015.) Cathy McAfee, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner at Keystone Women's Care in...
View ArticlePaper: Legal barriers to adolescent participation in HIV and STI research...
(Source: Rice University) Parental permission for adolescent participation in research on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is not required ethically and may...
View ArticleDepartment Raises STD Awareness With Statewide Events (Florida Department of...
(Source: Florida Department of Health) April 14, 2016 Contact: Communications Office NewsMedia@flhealth.gov (850) 245-4111 Tallahassee, Fla.-The Florida Department of Health joins the Centers for...
View ArticleWHO calls for enhanced HIV/STI prevention, treatment in Western Pacific
THE World Health Organization has warned countries in the Western Pacific Region against being complacent as the number of new HIV infections in the region has stabilized. Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO...
View ArticlePresident Ma meets Prime Minister of Tuvalu Enele Sosene Sopoaga (Office of...
(Source: Office of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)) 2015/01/29 President Ma Ying-jeou met on the morning of January 29 with a delegation from Tuvalu led by Prime Minister Enele Sosene...
View ArticleAids: voluntary counselling vital for early treatment
By Our Correspondent TAXILA, Jan 18: Voluntary Counselling and Testing is a cornerstone for early access to both prevention and care and support services in the area of HIV/Aids while it is a critical...
View ArticleUnintended pregnancies
Young people need comprehensive sexuality education and other interventions to enable them to acquire the knowledge and skills to make the right choices that are appropriate to their needs. EVERY human...
View ArticlePrisoner health is public health
Friday, 22 November 2013, 3:39 pm Press Release: Prisoner health is public health Suva, 21 November 2013 - Despite the considerable progress on HIV and STI education and prevention programmes in Fiji,...
View ArticleMultipurpose prevention tech can transform women's health
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 11:30 am Press Release: Shobha Shukla, Millions of women and around the world are still unable to protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Over 1...
View ArticleEnergy data and effective policy-making needed to fulfil renewable energy...
(Source: IRENA - International Renewable Energy Agency) Press Releases 14 Aug 2014 Energy data and effective policy-making needed to fulfil renewable energy targets Thursday 14 August 2014, Secretariat...
View ArticlePresident Ma meets Tuvalu Governor-General Iakoba Taeia Italeli (Office of...
(Source: Office of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)) 2014/11/12 President Ma Ying-jeou met on the morning of November 12 with a delegation led by Tuvalu Governor-General Iakoba Taeia...
View ArticleSTI course held in Pomio
By John Pangkatana HEALTH workers in the Pomio District, East New Britain, lack the skills and knowledge to properly diagnose and treat Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), resulting in patients...
View ArticlePacific Health Research Training Course
25 November 2003 Pacific Health Research Training Course Representatives from nine Pacific Island nations will gather to discuss Pacific health research priorities in Auckland today. The World Health...
View ArticleCalls for mass STI treatment in Indigenous communities
This is a transcript from AM. The program is broadcast around Australia at 08:00 on ABC Local Radio. You can also listen to the story in and and formats. Calls for mass STI treatment in Indigenous...
View ArticleBaobab Celebrates African Woman Health And Rights Day
The BAOBAB for women's Human Rights joined women all over the world to mark the African Women Health and Rights Day, in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the International Conference on...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: Farmworkers challenged to curb risky behaviour
web [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] © Sonke Gender Justice Engaging man-to-man HOEDSPRUIT, - January is mango season in Hoedspruit, in South Africa's Limpopo...
View ArticleDr. Triplett shares information on STI awareness
The CDC recently reported that cases of three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs)-chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis- are on the rise for the first time in nearly 10 years and reaching record...
View ArticleSTI management needs modification: Study Enamul Huq
National treatment recommendations for management of sexually transmitted infections (STI) need to be re-evaluated and modified, based on available drug susceptibility data. Findings of the...
View ArticleClean Pacific Campaign Makes a Difference
Friday, 20 September 2013, 5:33 pm Press Release: Clean Pacific Campaign Makes a Difference 19 September 2013, Apia Samoa, 24SM - A successful Clean Pacific Campaign led by the Secretariat of the...
View ArticleBreaking The Silence: Controlling STIs In Pacific
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 7:08 pm Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPC Press release Breaking The Silence - Controlling STIs In The Pacific Wednesday 25 August, Noumea, SPC - For all...
View ArticleSexual health campaign workshops
Photo: James Connolly/GreenGraph The last in a series of nationwide workshops, organised as part of the Department of Health and Childrens sexual health awareness campaign, Think Twice Every Time,...
View ArticleLeitrim women take part in sexual health campaign workshops
Pictured are (l-r) Betty Duignan, Co. Leitrim Partnership, Jane Golden, North Leitrim Womens Centre, and Mary Curran, Director of Public Health Nursing, Sligo/Leitrim and West Cavan, at the last in a...
View ArticlePacific Island countries vulnerable to HIV spread
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 9:26 am Press Release: Joint Media Statement SPC/WHO Press Release Pacific Island countries are vulnerable to HIV spread, survey shows Noumea, New Caledonia, 14 June 2006Rising...
View ArticleIOM Uganda promotes HIV/AIDS prevention among mobile populations (IOM -...
(Source: IOM - International Organization for Migration) IOM is distributing medical and laboratory equipment to health clinics located in HIV hot-spots in Uganda to facilitate and improve services in...
View ArticleSelling safe sex
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 2:49 pm Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community Selling safe sex 10 April 2013, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji �" At church, at the dinner...
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