Welcome to the August 2019 Sexual Health & HIV Policy EUROBulletin.
Our eFeature in this edition is an interview with Andrew Amato-Gauci, head of the HIV, sexual transmitted infections and viral hepatitis programme at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). We spoke to Andrew about the recent report from ECDC which showed that syphilis diagnoses are up 70% since 2010, particularly affecting men who have sex with men.
Last month, the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019) was held in Mexico City. Alongside the presentation of new scientific research, there were several announcements from international bodies. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released its latest report on the status of the HIV epidemic and the global response. The World Health Organization (WHO) also released new guidelines recommending dolutegravir for everyone who starts HIV treatment in lower- and middle-income countries and updated its pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) recommendations to include event-driven PrEP.
Following her election as the new President of the European Commission, 35 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) published a statement calling on Ursula von der Leyen to support sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Other items to look out for in this edition include: new guidelines on self-care interventions in sexual and reproductive health from WHO; a new website sharing best practice guidance on safe abortion and post-abortion care; and the launch of a survey on pharmacy access to emergency contraception.
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