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ARTICLES and VIDEOS on false positives, positives and negative predictive values

Updated guidance for the detection of gonorrhoea

This is updated guidance for the detection of gonorrhoea in England, which was first published by Public Health England (PHE) in 2014.

The guidance aims to inform the commissioning and clinical delivery of gonorrhoea testing in England by recommending best practice. It highlights that in almost all settings the use of a supplementary NAAT is required to confirm the result, and the need to ensure effective and robust care pathways and management.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-the-detection-of-gonorrhoea-in-england

HIV testing in GP practice setting

HIV Unmuted podcasts

Remembering the early years of the HIV-Aids epidemic

Remembering the early years of the HIV-Aids epidemic, as told through the stories of people who experienced it first hand, from patients to medical staff.

'A Big Disease with a Little Name' looks back to the recent pas, to a similar time, and the dawn of the Aids crisis, which to date has affected 75 million people around the world, of which some 32 million people have died.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jx5k

LGBTQ+ Health and care during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

AIDS: The Unheard Tapes (BBC Two)

'AIDS: The Unheard Tapes' combines the lip-synced historical testimonies of those most affected with modern interviews from British activists, scientists, doctors and nurses who lived, worked and campaigned throughout the crisis.

Go even deeper with The Open University. Here, we explore real stories of how people manage sex and love alongside HIV, and hear from the people who still live with HIV today. Their experiences provide a stark and up-to-date insight into this treatable but still stigmatised condition.

For more information about the programme, you can go to the BBC programme page.

BBC Two - Aids: The Unheard Tapes

Cervical Screening FGM Resource

Congenital Syphilis

STI Podcast

http://feeds.bmj.com/sti/podcasts

STI Podcast by BMJ talk medicine

STI podcast

Elizabeth Pisani videos

Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational

Elizabeth Pisani - The Wisdom of Whores

Extra Life: A short History of Living Longer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000w6s7/episodes/player

Documentary series about the effect of medicine on life expectancy. How the development and delivery of the smallpox vaccine eradicated the disease. 4 episodes covering Vaccines, Medical Drugs, Data and Behaviour.

Best-selling science writer Steven Johnson and historian David Olusoga embark on an investigative journey through 300 years of scientific breakthroughs and go behind the scenes of modern medicine to meet the unsung heroes tackling Covid-19 and other public health threats today. Together, they expose the normally hidden world of public health and reveal how collective efforts across the globe can lead to extraordinary outcomes.

Each episode explores one aspect of public health that has played a central role in extending life expectancy, from the history of vaccination, to how we have developed safe and effective medicines, the use of data gathering and analysis in preventing epidemics, and how our own behaviour can affect the progress of disease.

Featuring leading public health authorities and scientists on the front lines of the current pandemic, each documentary reveals how the pioneering approaches and triumphs of the past can provide a blueprint for our future in the battle to live longer.

What happened to mpox? “Inside Health” (BBC Radio 4)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001p1tn

One year after the peak of UK infections, can we determine what actions brought mpox cases down? A year ago, mpox – the virus formally known as monkeypox – was spreading in the UK. These infections largely impacted the gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men community, with news cases peaking at 350 per week. One of these individuals was Martin Joseph, who tells James Gallagher how a lack of accessible information and the stigma he observed during his illness inspired him to create a mpox-based podcast so others wouldn’t feel so alone. Thankfully, 2023 so far has told a different story for mpox. Infections in the UK have remained relatively low, and in May, the World Health Organisation declared the mpox global health emergency over. But what helped bring the UK outbreak under control? James is joined by Jake Dunning, infectious diseases doctor and researcher at the University of Oxford, and Claire Dewsnap, sexual health doctor and president of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), to discuss potential factors, takeaways and whether we are really ‘done’ with mpox.