Period poverty doesn’t stop in a pandemic, and the coronavirus is only making this crisis worse. As today is World Menstrual Hygiene Day, it is important to highlight the issues that girls and women alike across the globe have been facing, especially now. There have been increasing struggles when trying to access the feminine hygiene […]
Tag: sexual health
EXCLUSIVE: Sex health experts warn that over 45s are most at risk demographic of contracting STIs
Menopausal women and newly-single older people over the age of 45 are most at risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs), warns sexual health experts. In 2016, according to Public Health England (PHE), there were 417,584 new STI diagnoses made at Sexual health services (SHS) and 30,000 of those concerned over-45s. Although that only represents […]
The Male Contraceptive Injection – would you use it?
A male contraceptive injection has been trailed and brought to an early halt in the USA. With a success rate of 96%, 7 in 10 males in Gloucestershire wouldn’t use the injection. There were 270 males between the ages of 18-45 years who took part in this research conducted by the University of Edinburgh (USA), […]