Fantastic news. As a GP I can honestly say that day in and day out I see the genuine improvement that this policy makes in individual women's health and safety. m.independent.ie/irish-news/fre…

An exciting announcement from Estate of Seamus Heaney. The prize will recognise a single volume of poetry by one author, published in the UK or Ireland, of outstanding literary merit that engages with the impact of cultural or political events on human conditions or relationships.

Get your accurate, evidence-based information on menopause from British Menopause Society & Women's Health Concern
Contraception from The FSRH
There is so much misinformation out there about hormones!

In #DRC alone, more than 4500 cases of #mpox and almost 300 deaths have been reported this year. That is triple the number reported at this time last year.

The recent surge in cases and deaths among children is of particular concern, along with the re-emergence of Clade One in…

Cryptosporidium (lots)
Mpox
?MERS
TB (🫁 node 🧠 gut)
Enteric fever (several)
Fascioliasis
Dengue
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…just another week in Infectious Diseases 🏥 💕

Join National AIDS Trust 🇬🇧for a webinar on #HIV discrimination in healthcare & public services.

If you work in an #HIV support service in England, learn how to support people living with #HIV deal with discrimination.

🗓️ 23 April, 10:00-12:00 GMT

Sign up👉bit.ly/4cNo6rj

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Very useful.
GP/gynae collleagues please take note.
I’m not seeing many routine complex menopause patients at present as all my clinics are full of women bleeding on Utrogestan!This is significantly impacting waiting times.
There are better progestogens for the endometrium.

Pleased to see former BASHH President, ClaireDewsnap(She/her), featured in a 'Big Read' piece by Emma Morgan at i newspaper.

Here she discusses the difficulties faced by service users, the importance of educating young people, and the disinvestment in sexual health services.

Read the…

We are excited to announce NAZ as our 57th endorser of the #FSRH_HatfieldVision 🎉NAZ is a sexual health charity working to address sexual health inequalities in Black, Brown and Global Majority communities in London. More info about the Vision: fsrh.org/news-and-advoc…

Did you miss our webinar on STI diagnostics?
The recording is now online 👇

lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

We will be conducting an inquiry in to the state of HIV & Sexual Health services in the UK.

The deadline for submissions is 24th May 2024 bit.ly/3vDYaOd

Please email mark.lewis@parliament with your submissions.

Florence Eshalomi MP Liz Barker David Mundell MP Steve Brine MP

John McSorley Syphilis is such an interesting one. Needs a big multi professional symposium on what we do well, what we do badly, and how to ensure it is diagnosed quickly wherever it turns up #syphilis #protean

My amazing assistant service manager Burrell Street GSTT_SpecAmbulatory Guy's and St Thomas' left me a care package at my desk - this unique and simply fabulous sweater that is so comfy and gorgeous that she knitted with her own hand! Shirley, you spoil me! I’m such a pampered pooch! What a team!

HEPATITIS: Now 2nd leading infectious cause of death globally -- with 1.3 million deaths per year, same as tuberculosis. 3500 deaths a day from hepatitis - 83% Hepatitis B; 17% Hepatitis C. Latter has cure; HepB has treatment but needs cure
who.int/publications/i…

More people in Ireland identify climate change as the single most serious problem facing the world over any other thing. A quarter of Irish people say it is - with only Nordic countries showing a higher level of concern among EU nations. 🇮🇪🌧️☀️

europa.eu/eurobarometer/…

Love this for all of us

Are you a South Asian GBTQ+ man looking for connection in your community? 'Dost' is a safe, facilitated space to discuss issues you may be affected by and reduce social isolation. We welcome trans & non-binary people or any combination of these.👇🏾
🔗 naz.org.uk/dost

Great talk from Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib on the use of long-read sequencing for rapid ID of bacteraemia and AMR prediction from blood culture samples.

Difficulty of low pathogen read abundance overcome with ~8hr incubation pre-sequencing.

#Microbio24 Microbiology Society

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