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AMA Urges Safety And Common Sense In Schoolies Week, Australia AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that Schoolies Week is a traditional celebration for students after a tough year, but it is also a time of high health risk for young people. Dr Hambleton, a Brisbane GP, said the focus has been on preventing the risks of alcohol and binge drinking but students should be equally careful and cautious about their sexual health. ...more	21 Nov 2009
Family Planning Drive Launched During Conference In Uganda Agence France-Presse examines a new U.S.-backed "12 million dollar family planning drive launched" Wednesday during a three-day conference on family planning in Kampala, Uganda. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Also In Global Health News: HIV/AIDS Grants; Africa's Water Resources; Sex Workers In Malawi Report Examines HIV/AIDS Grant Funding HIV/AIDS program grants made by U.S.-based foundations totaled $618 billion in 2008, an 11 percent increase from the previous year, according to a new report by Funders Concerned About AIDS, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. ...more	20 Nov 2009
UNFPA Report Highlights Relationship Between Family Planning, Women's Health And Climate Change "Providing access to contraception for 215 million women, mainly in developing countries, would help to stabilize population growth and significantly reduce the effects of climate change," according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nature News reports (Gilbert, 11/18). ...more	20 Nov 2009
Reid Set To Release Health Reform Bill; Stupak Threatens To Kill Final Bill If Abortion Coverage Included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to release details of his health care reform bill to members of the Democratic caucus on Wednesday, setting up a possible weekend vote on cloture on the motion to proceed, CongressDaily reports. According to Reid spokesperson Jim Manley, Reid expects to have the final Congressional Budget Office scores of the bill before a 5 p.m. meeting with the caucus. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Bill Requiring Baltimore Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Post Disclaimers Moving Through City Council A Baltimore bill (FID 09-0406) to require crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating that they do not provide abortion services is progressing through the City Council, WBAL reports. The council voted 12-3 in favor of the bill, which now moves on to a third and final vote. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Studies Suggest Males Have More Personality Males have more pronounced personalities than females across a range of species - from humans to house sparrows - according to new research. Consistent personality traits, such as aggression and daring, are also more important to females when looking for a mate than they are to males. Research from the University of Exeter draws together a range of studies to reveal the role that sexual selection plays in this disparity between males and females. ...more	19 Nov 2009
AIDS Advocates Ask White House To Send Money South WLBT: "The White House Office of National AIDS Policy chose Jackson [Mississipppi] to host an HIV/AIDS town hall meeting Monday night. The community discussion allowed Mississippians to give feedback that will be included in a national strategy to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. ... Many asked for sex and STD education in the schools, more doctors and transportation funding in rural areas and health insurance" (Anderson, 11/17). ...more	18 Nov 2009
Marie Stopes Discusses Birth Control With Islamic Leaders In Afghanistan Marie Stopes International is leading seminars in Afghanistan that explain the benefits of birth control to Islamic religious leaders known as mullahs, the New York Times reports. Afghanistan has a fertility rate of six children per woman, the highest in Asia. ...more	18 Nov 2009
STI Rates Increase Among Mississippi Teens Teenagers ages 15 through 19 now comprise nearly 40% of Mississippi's sexually transmitted infection cases, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. The number of chlamydia cases among teens increased 25% over the last five years, and numbers of cases in 2008 were close to the 2007 total. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Health, Policy Experts Gather For 3-Day Conference On Family Planning By offering family planning services to people seeking HIV/AIDS information and treatment, Africa's population growth rate could be curbed by 2.5 percent, health experts said Monday during an international family health conference in Kampala, Uganda, Agence France-Presse reports (11/16). ...more	18 Nov 2009
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Comments On Boehringer Ingelheim Clinical Test Results In Treatment Of Female Sexual Dysfunction BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products for female sexual health, including LibiGel® for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), applauds the efforts of Boehringer Ingelheim to develop a therapy to treat this unmet medical need. ...more	18 Nov 2009
U.S. Rates Of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis Continue To Rise, CDC Study Says Rates of the three most common sexually transmitted infections in the U.S. -- chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis -- continue to increase, especially among teenagers, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Monday, Reuters reports. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Also In Global Health News: HIV/AIDS In Uganda; Medical Equipment In Tanzania; Birth Control In Afghanistan; Ethiopia Malaria Fight Changes Planned For Ugandan HIV/AIDS Campaign "The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is revamping its national HIV information campaign after HIV prevention messages were less successful than hoped," PlusNews reports. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Vaccine Against Chlamydia Not Far Away "Now that we know how the body defends itself against the Chlamydia bacteria, we can develop a vaccine that optimises that defence. We have a basic understanding of how the vaccine could work, but some work remains to be done. We believe that it will take a few years before the vaccine becomes a reality," says researcher Ellen Marks, the author of the thesis. The body defends itself against infections with a type of white cell called the T lymphocyte. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Boehringer Ingelheim Announces Pivotal Phase III Data Of Flibanserin In Pre-Menopausal Women With Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder Data from pivotal Phase III clinical trials demonstrate that flibanserin 100mg increased the number of satisfying sexual events (SSE) and sexual desire (the co-primary endpoints) while decreasing the distress associated with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD). Flibanserin is an investigational compound being developed by Boehringer Ingelheim for the treatment of HSDD in pre-menopausal women. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Viagra For Women? Drug Developed As Antidepressant Effective In Treating Low Libido The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found. These trials were the first ever to test a therapy that works at the level of the brain to enhance libido in women reporting low sexual desire, said John M. Thorp Jr., M.D. ...more	17 Nov 2009
THT Encourages UK Africans To 'Be Wise' About Their Sexual Health, With New Guide Encouraging Regular Testing For HIV And STIs HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a free guide for African communities in the UK, stressing the importance of regular testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The guide, called 'Be Wise', has been funded by the Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme to tackle high rates of HIV among Africans. ...more	16 Nov 2009
Recent Releases In Global Health Kaiser Family Foundation Looks At Views On The U.S. Role In Global Health As a follow-up to a survey conducted in May 2009, this poll examines Americans' attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. ...more	16 Nov 2009
Terrence Higgins Trust Welcomes Department Of Health Nursing Degree Announcement, UK HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Health that all new nurses will be educated to degree level from 2013. Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) currently employs nurses who work in Chlamydia screening programmes for young people, HIV testing clinics and clinics that offer contraception services and screening for sexually transmitted infections. ...more	15 Nov 2009
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