The STI info you need to know for sexual health week 2022

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Today marks the start of Sexual Health Week. Dr Naveen Puri, Associate Clinical Director at Bupa Health Clinics comments on recent Bupa UK research on sexual health based on internal Google search habits July 2021 – June 2022. Bupa research reveals three quarters of over 55s have never had a sexual health check. Alongside this, […]

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Chemsex: fuelling STDs

chemsex

Chemsex, men having sex with men under the influence of certain illicit drugs often with multiple partners, has already been identified as a ‘health priority’. The practice, which is part of a growing subculture in the gay community, has been linked to a steep rise in the number of STIs among men who have sex with men. In 2014, for the first time for over […]

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Conflict and STIs

The Hippocratic Post - migrants

Conflict and emergencies can disrupt HIV services; however, the prevalence of HIV infection is generally low among people from the Middle East and North Africa. Hence, there is a low risk that HIV will be brought to Europe by migrants from these countries. Despite a decline during the past decade, migrants still constitute 35 per […]

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