This is the first of three planned guidelines to address the sexual health of people with who are HIV positive. The other two under consideration are reproductive health choices for women and sexual dysfunction in men with HIV. This guideline complements existing BASHH Clinical Effectiveness Group guidelines on individual sexually transmitted infections and screening and testing available at: w...

BACKGROUND Adolescent girls aged 15-19 bear a disproportionate burden of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Research from several high-income countries suggests that early age at menarche is an important determinant of sexual and reproductive health. We conducted this systematic review to better understand whether and how early menarche is asso...

Are women with disabilities owed equitable access to reproductive health services, including family planning, contraception, screening for sexually transmitted infections, maternal health services, and fertility services? Or are there circumstances in which disability is a reason to deny access to such services? Conversely, should women with certain disabilities have access to procedures such a...

introduction: recently, it has been recognized that oral infections, especially periodontitis might have effect on several systemic conditions. a possible role of oral diseases in sub-fertility and infertility was also has been suggested. the aim of this review was to evaluate the association between poor oral health and fertility problems. methods: in this narrative review, authors used pubmed...

BACKGROUND There is increasing debate about whether the scaled-up investment in HIV/AIDS programs is strengthening or weakening the fragile health systems of many developing countries. This article examines and assesses the evidence and proposes ways forward. DISCUSSION Considerably increased resources have been brought into countries for HIV/AIDS programs by major Global Health Initiatives. ...

Introduction. All over the world, numbers of prisoners have being increasing with majority in the sexually active age group; hence diseases such as HIV, Tuberculosis and Hepatitis are more prevalent in prisons than in the community. This study thus aims to provide an overview of the reproductive health status of adult prison inmates in Osun State. Methodology. This is a cross-sectional study am...

The state of Tamil Nadu in India, increasingly recognised for sustained political and bureaucratic commitment to poverty reduction and human development (Muraleedharan, Dash, & Gilson, 2011) began providing some elements of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services well before the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). After 1994, the state gradually added to th...

BACKGROUND Much of the debate as to whether or not the scaling up of HIV service delivery in Africa benefits non-HIV priority services has focused on the use of nationally aggregated data. This paper analyses and presents routine health facility record data to show trend correlations across priority services. METHODS Review of district office and health facility client records for 39 health f...

This survey was aimed at analyzing health professionals' concepts concerning male participation in the different aspects of the reproductive process. The data were collected in a philan-thropic hospital in the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, in the State of Minas Gerais, by means of a workshop whose theme was: "Men's place in the reproductive health service". The data obtained are part of the resu...