Posts Tagged ‘Sexually transmitted disease’

THIRD OF HIV PATIENTS DIAGNOSED LATE

The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) has released figures showing that a third of adults diagnosed with HIV were diagnosed late. The figures show that in 2008 there were 7,298 new diagnoses of HIV in the UK with an estimated 32% (2,310) of adults over 15 years being diagnosed at a point after which...
November 27th, 2009 | Health, News | Read More

THT LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATION CAMPAIGN

The Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a new campaign aimed at young gay men, who it says receive little or no sex education relevant to them when at school. The Biology of Transmission campaign uses three bottom themed images: • the sponge – illustrating how the lining of the rectum absorbs semen...
November 12th, 2009 | Health, News | Read More