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Gay men under the age of 45 are to be offered a cancer vaccine on the NHS, the health minister has announced. Michelle O'Neill, the health minister, s aid ahead of a visit to the Belfast Pride festival : "This will be a targeted vaccination programme for men who have sex with men aged up to 45 who attend genito-urinary medicine (GUM) and HIV clinics.Investment in this programme will help to provide protection against HPV, which can cause a range of cancers. My department is now working closely with the Public Health Agency to ensure the HPV vaccine can be offered to eligible men attending GUM clinics in the near future," she said. In June, just days after Sinn Fein assumed the health ministry following the Assembly election, Ms O'Neill also lifted the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood. The bar had been retained by successive DUP ministers, who cited blood safety concerns, despite a campaign by gay rights activists to have it overturned. Ms O'Neill said she had taken the decision, which brought Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the UK, based on medical guidance.

Belfast Live, August 6, 2016

 

Syphilis cases have risen by 76% in the past four years

  Free condoms should be given to young people and gay men in order to reduce the number of sexually transmitted infections being passed around, England's health   watchdog has said. In draft guidelines issued by the   National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) , experts argued that local authorities should issue free condoms, as well as sexual health   advice, to people at high risk of catching infections. NICE said all councils should offer free condoms to young people aged between 13 and 25. Currently, there are a number of authorities who do this, however the watchdog said that every single council should follow suit.

Huffington Post UK, August 5, 2016

Syphilis cases have risen by 76% in the past four years

  Free condoms should be given to young people and gay men in order to reduce the number of sexually transmitted infections being passed around, England's health   watchdog has said. In draft guidelines issued by the   National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) , experts argued that local authorities should issue free condoms, as well as sexual health   advice, to people at high risk of catching infections. NICE said all councils should offer free condoms to young people aged between 13 and 25. Currently, there are a number of authorities who do this, however the watchdog said that every single council should follow suit.

Huffington Post UK, August 5, 2016

Parents, young adults urged to educate themselves about meningitis B, responsible for one-third of U.S. cases

GlaxoSmithKline today launched an educational campaign to help raise awareness of meningitis, a rare but potentially deadly disease. Most teens and young adults have not received the vaccines needed to help protect against all five vaccine-preventable groups of meningitis.  The campaign,  Take 5 for Meningitis, will use news media, social media and educational events to help educate parents and young adults about meningitis and urge them to talk to their healthcare provider about vaccination to help prevent it.

PR Newswire, August 5, 2016

A Melbourne study has found the first evidence of 'herd protection' from vaccinations against the cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV). Eric Chow from Alfred Health has found that women who vaccinate against HPV not only protect themselves, they also protect their male partners from the virus.

Medical Express, August 4, 2016

As technology has become cheaper and more reliable, telepsychiatry has emerged as a practical approach to reaching more young people.

"We need three times as many psychiatrists as we have," says Dr. Gregory Fritz, Rhode Island-based child and adolescent psychiatrist and president of the AACAP. It's estimated that there are more than 15 million children who could need-and are not getting-treatment for mental health disorders. Experts agree that  as more young people emerge in need of psychiatric or psychological care, there is an ever-urgent race to find ways to deliver them the help that they require.

Time, August 4, 2016

GSK Victory a Shot in the Arm for HPV Vaccine

Years of clinical testing to fit strict regulations preceded the opening of China's huge market for vaccines that can prevent a deadly virus

For the first time, China's drug regulators have given a green light to the commercial sale of a vaccine designed to protect women and men against the human papillomavirus (HPV). The decision opened a door for multinational and Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturers that are now preparing for a market potentially worth billions of U.S. dollars. Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said July 18 that its HPV vaccine Cervarix had been approved for sale on the mainland by the China Food and Drug Administration, and that the product would likely be available across the country early next year. The announcement came a decade after U.S.-based Merck & Co. introduced the first HPV vaccine in the United States.

Caixin Online, August 2, 2016

NEW STUDY FROM THE UK: 'I Never Spoke About It'......Supporting sexually exploited boys and young men in Wales

Boys who become the victims of sexual exploitation often miss out on help and support because they are reluctant to admit their abuse, new research from Barnardo's Cymru has revealed. The children's charity says that while professionals are often skilled at spotting the symptoms of abuse among girls, sexual stereotyping means that boys can slip through the net. Negative behaviour among boys tends to be taken at face value, while in girls it is more likely to be explored as a potential response to trauma. In addition to better training and awareness raising, Barnardo's Cymru has called for a more gender balanced and inclusive approach to addressing CSE in services. It also wants to see improved healthy relationship education in schools where sexuality can be discussed openly and non-judgmentally and the development of more targeted practice approaches to address the needs of sexually exploited boys and young men. Barnardo's Cymru has called for more awareness raising and training for professionals working with high risk groups of boys and young men, and more information and awareness raising for the boys themselves.

Barnardo's Cymru, July 2016

The Weekly News Roundup is produced by The Partnership for Male Youth and is released every Monday. 

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