…awareness of sexual health education and the importance of safer sex, which is why we are delighted to support the USI with such an important campaign.” Organisations supporting the campaign: Durex MSD Think Contraception IFPA (Irish family planning association) Dublin Aids Alliance Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programmes Aids West Rape Crisis Network – ENDS – For more information contact Grainne O’ Reilly, USI…

…Family. These Masterclasses have provided a safe space for those working in the field to share and learn together and gain a renewed sense of their own courage and professionalism. The Masterclass series further support the work of the HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme in the area of quality and standards development and in the broader field of supporting clients with an unplanned pregnancy. For more information contact:…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…