We all have a right to a safe, healthy, and pleasurable sex life – but some people face more barriers than others.
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Older adults are at risk for contracting STDs – not only because of stigma and infrequent condom use, but also because of physical changes due to aging.
Cases of infectious syphilis have risen sharply in the last decade, including in women in their reproductive years. That can lead to stillbirth, miscarriage or disability.
Unlike many eye conditions, ocular syphilis is a highly treatable disease. But it needs to be correctly identified.
Two Victorian STIs are back – here’s how you can protect yourself.
Prejudice and stigma can discourage the communities most affected by infectious diseases from seeking care. Inclusive public health messaging can prevent misinformation and guide the most vulnerable.
The US currently has only one antibiotic available to treat gonorrhea – and it’s becoming less effective.
Monkeypox is not considered an STI but is spreading among sexual partners. Adding sexual health strategies to the public health response is helpful, but there is a danger of stigmatizing MPXV.
The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphilis this scenario is wrong.
Schools have not adequately educated students about the increased risks of virus transmission when it comes to being sexually intimate.
You can have this STI without knowing it, or have symptoms, it can affect men and women, and it can be treated with antibiotics. Left untreated, it may cause complications.
With all the attention focussed on combating the spread of COVID-19 it’s easy to forget the other health challenges that could affect us all.
Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it’s faltering again.
Everyone will benefit from wider HPV vaccinations.
Australia’s year 10-12 students are getting good marks when it comes to sexual health, according to new research out today. But there’s room for improvement.
In some Nigerian universities, wealthy female students engage in trasnactional sex for pleasure, while those that needed financial support did it for the money.
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Why it's important South Africa doesn't ignore sexually transmitted infections.
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.
Superbugs used to pose the greatest risk to people with compromised immune systems and those who had surgery. But their sexual transmission means antibiotic resistance can spread much more widely.
Do boys and girls from diverse cultural settings experience their transitions into adolescence? Their cultural differences don’t make a difference, but their genders do.
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW
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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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Professor, Head of Research Translation and Head of the Genital Mycoplasma and Microbiota Group, Monash University
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Masters of Applied Epidemiology (MAE) Scholar, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National Univeristy (ANU), Australian National University
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Research Associate in Digital Health and Sexual Health, UCL
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Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Programme leader, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Monash University
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Professor, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Epidemiologist and Public Health Specialist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Lecturer in Young People's Health Inequalities, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University
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Director of POCHE Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Research Associate, Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation , University of Glasgow