…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 rates were calculated per 1000 females aged 15-44 population based on CSO data The…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…Take precautions, always have protection and remember 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…

…d a web-enabled version is available on www.ifpa.ie. Organisations supporting the campaign:  HSE 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…

…year olds has found that one third of young people reported they had previously had sexual intercourse[2]. Other studies with teenagers have found similar proportions of sexual activity[3]. Of those who were sexually active, 79% reported that they always used some form of contraception. This shows that the majority of sexually active teenagers are aware of the risk of pregnancy and use contraception to protect themselves. While this is very…