[BOOK][B] Global report on ageism

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
COVID-19 has affected people of all ages, in different ways. But beyond the impacts of the
virus itself, some of the narratives about different age groups have exposed a deep and …

Finding a balance in the vaginal microbiome: how do we treat and prevent the occurrence of bacterial vaginosis?

RJ Joseph, HL Ser, YH Kuai, LTH Tan, VJT Arasoo… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) has been reported in one-third of women worldwide at different life
stages, due to the complex balance in the ecology of the vaginal microbiota. It is a common …

At-home specimen self-collection and self-testing for sexually transmitted infection screening demand accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic: a review of laboratory …

EN Kersh, M Shukla, BH Raphael… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reduced the sexually
transmitted infection (STI) testing volume due to social-distancing and stay-at-home orders …

Presymptomatic viral shedding in high‐risk mpox contacts: A prospective cohort study

I Brosius, C Van Dijck, J Coppens… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The risk of infection after exposure to clade IIb mpox virus (MPXV) is unknown, and potential
presymptomatic shedding of MPXV remains to be demonstrated. High‐risk contacts of mpox …

Self-care interventions for women's health and well-being

M Narasimhan, JR Hargreaves, CH Logie… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
The human right to health is universal and non-exclusionary, supporting health in full, and
for all. Despite advances in health systems globally, 3.6 billion people lack access to …

Bridging the gap between development of point-of-care nucleic acid testing and patient care for sexually transmitted infections

K Hsieh, JH Melendez, CA Gaydos, TH Wang - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The incidence rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the four major curable
STIs–chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis and, syphilis–continue to increase globally …

Nurses' perspectives on user-friendly self-sampling interventions for diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections among young women in eThekwini district …

ZN Jaya, W Mapanga, B Moetlhoa… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Syndromic management in the main non-laboratory-based management
approach for sexually transmitted infections (STI) in most low-and middle-income countries …

High human papillomavirus prevalence among females attending high school in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

ZZA Mbulawa, NI Somdyala, SA Mabunda… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
As part of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination strategy in South Africa, it is essential
to have information on HPV prevalence, and HPV types distribution among the unvaccinated …

“I felt special!”: a qualitative study of peer‐delivered HIV self‐tests, STI self‐sampling kits and PrEP for transgender women in Uganda

A Mujugira, B Karungi, J Mugisha… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Peer delivery is a client‐centred approach that could maximize the coverage
and impact of HIV services for transgender women (TGW). We conducted qualitative …

Opinions of former jail residents about self-collection of SARS-CoV-2 specimens, paired with wastewater surveillance: A qualitative study rapidly examining …

MM González-Montalvo, PF Dickson, LB Saber… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In year one of the COVID-19 epidemic, the incidence of infection for US carceral populations
was 5.5-fold higher than that in the community. Prior to the rapid roll out of a comprehensive …