Over 50% decrease in the number of women giving Irish addresses at abortion clinics in England and Wales over 15 year period

…on estimates for females aged 15 to 44 published by Central Statistics Office. Abortions to women giving Irish addresses in the UK Year Total number of abortions Abortion rate per 1000 females population aged 15-44* 2001 6673 7.5 2002 6522 7.2 2003 6320 6.9 2004 6217 6.7 2005 5585 5.9 2006 5042 5.2 2007 4686 4.7 2008 4600 4.5 2009 4422 4.4 2010 4402 4.4 2011 4149 4.1 2012 3982 4.0 2013 3679 3.8 2014 3735 3.8 2015 3451 3.6 2016 3265 3.2 * The…

Campaign to encourage HIV testing by Janssen and the Gay Health Network

…ctive and normal life.” 2013 figures released by the HSPC show that there were 344 newly diagnosed cases of HIV in Ireland6. Since 2010, the annual rate of new HIV diagnoses has been relatively stable in Ireland, ranging from 7.0 to 7.5 per 100,000 population7. Last year, MSM accounted for the highest number of new diagnosis of HIV at 46% or 159 new diagnoses, which has been the case since 20098. Among MSM, there has been nearly a 180% increase…

HSE Publishes Audit of Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Services

…of actions to ensure that the recommendations of the audit are being implemented”. -ENDS – A copy of the Audit is available here http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/healthwellbeing/Contact_Health_Promotion/cpc/ For more information contact: HSE National Press Office Dr Steevens Hospital Dublin 8 Tel: 01 635 2840 Email: press@hse.ie Notes for Editors Quality and Patient Safety Audit Services Quality and Patient Safety Audit (QPSA) provides…

Research with Young Migrant Women on Sex, Fertility and Motherhood – Summary Now Available

…available. The research showed that while migrant women share many perspectives with Irish women in how they feel about fertility, sex and motherhood, some specific issue featured relating to culture and/or migration. The research findings within the research summary provide an understanding of the challenges young migrant women may encounter as they try to live out healthy, safe and fulfilling sexual lives as newcomers to Ireland and/or as…

Minister Varadkar promotes safer sex message to festival goers at Electric Picnic 2015

…mber to get an STI screen.” The THINK contraception campaign has been running since 2004 with over 155,000 people visiting the www.thinkcontraception.ie website to get information on contraception, STIs and screening in 2014. Johnny’s facebook page has over 50,000 people followers currently and is growing. Independent evaluation of the campaign shows that 78% of people were aware of the “Johnny’s got you covered” advertising in 2014…

USI launches Sexual Health “SHAG” campaign

…Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme & Johnny’s got you covered HSE Gay Men’s Health Service & man2man.ie Dublin Aids Alliance SpunOut.ie AIDS West GOSHH (formally the Red Ribbon project) Sexual Health Centre, Cork BelongTo Gay Health Network Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) Cura Rape Crisis Network Here2help Contacts: Ben Archibald, USI GM: 0858490065 Greg O’Donoghue: 087 299 1265 Research sources: Irish…

64% decrease in the Number of Births to Teenagers over 15 year period.

…1 – 2012 are sourced from CSO Vital Statistics Annual Reports 2001 to 2012. No. of births to Teenagers (under 20) Year   Total number of teenage births Teenage birth rate per 1000 females population aged 15-19* 2001 3087 19.6 2002 2948 19.4 2003 2828 19.0 2004 2493 17.1 2005 2406 16.8 2006 2335 16.4 2007 2505 17.8 2008 2402 17.4 2009 2249 16.3 2010 2043 15.3 2011 1690 12.4 2012 1616 12.3 2013 1381 10.4 2014 1253 9.3 2015 1187 8.7 2016 1098 7.8 *…

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