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March 2021
Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a webinar releasing a new report on addressing the rising number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States. One in five people in the United States will have an STI in a given year, with nearly 68 million infections estimated in 2018. STIs are often asymptomatic (especially in women) and are therefore often undiagnosed and unreported. Untreated STIs can have severe health consequences,
Find out moreThis training is part of a free webinar series from the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins, designed to increase your knowledge regarding Sexual Health Assessment. You can register at the National Network of STD Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) website. Zoom links for each webinar will be sent prior to the event to all confirmed registrants.
Find out moreJuly 2021
The STI & HIV 2021 World Congress will be held virtually from 14 to 17 July 2021. Registration is open. Download this flyer to see a speaker list. This biennial meeting dedicated to STI in its broadest sense is organized by the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR) in collaboration with the International Union against STI World (IUSTI World). The 2021 theme is “Sexual diversity and the city." The mission is to address diversity, health and
Find out moreSeptember 2021
IUSTI Canada Webinar Series | Série de webinaires de l’UIITS Canada Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) STIs have been prominent players in our lives for the whole of human history, affecting everything from World Wars to reality TV, yet they are still shrouded in stigma and taboo. Join Ina Park, MD, MS to discuss her book Strange Bedfellows which blends stories of real people’s sexual escapades,
Find out moreOctober 2021
The 2021 National Sexual Health Conference—held virtually this year due to ongoing safety concerns and uncertainty around travel, crowds, and COVID variants—will bring together clinicians, researchers, educators, social workers and healthcare administrators from across the United States and around the world to share information, efforts, and best practices around sexual health across the lifespan. The National Sexual Health Conference bridges the varied disciplines of education, advocacy, clinical care, and public health, among others, in order
Find out moreA new model for gonorrhea control in Canada: Surveillance, new way of selecting best therapeutics and maybe a vaccine? Gonorrhea resistance surveillance is of utmost importance as it allows for rapid treatment guidelines adjustments. The advent of rapid testing tools can help best select antibiotic choice thus decreasing the selective pressure on a single antibiotic. Data emerging about vaccine giving protection against gonorrhea makes us think that we may have a new tool in a
Find out moreMarch 2022
The Advancing HIV, STI and Viral Hepatitis Testing Conference will be a virtual event, held on March 29 – April 1, 2022. This conference is brought to you by the American Sexual Health Association, the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, the Association of Public Health Laboratories, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Conference will cover diagnostic testing in laboratories, public health programs and clinical practice for HIV, STI and viral hepatitis. Attendees
Find out moreApril 2022
Gonorrhea rates in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are consistently 2-3 fold higher than the Canadian average. In Manitoba, absolute case counts soared from 2015 to 2020 – which partially explains why we’re seeing more disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). However, it’s not the whole story, there does seem to be something special about the strains associated with disseminated infections. Learning Objectives Discuss the changing epidemiology of Gonorrhea in Canada Review the clinical features of Disseminated Gonococcal Infection
Find out moreThe GetaKit Project: At-Home HIV Self-Testing & STI Expansion in Ontario Wednesday, April 27, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register now The COVID-19 pandemic shuttered access to sexual health services in Canada. In response, we implemented on July 20, 2020 the GetaKit project in Ontario, which offers free at-home HIV self-testing. Since implementing GetaKit, we have distributed over 2000 kits, with a positivity rate of 0.4-0.8%. Based on these implementation outcomes
Find out moreJune 2022
SAVE THE DATES: The Julius Schachter 15th International Symposium on Human Chlamydial Infections will be held from June 19-24, 2022 in San Antonio, TX. A call for abstracts will take place in October 2021, and as usual, authors of accepted work will have first choice to attend. Others who have hosted previous meetings, or are providing funding support are welcome to attend, without presenting data.
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