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We welcome back infectious disease and sexual health specialist Massimo Giola as a regular contributor in 2022. Starting with chlamydia, each article in this series will cover one topic of interest, present a clinical case and explain the rationale for some of the recommendations in the new Aotearoa New Zealand STI Management Guidelines for use in primary care

Auckland's Covid-19 lockdown is highlighting "ridiculous" and "arbitrary" Pharmac rules that are restricting access to a safe sex drug common to gay men.

The Ministry of Health has launched a new working group to tackle the spread of sexually transmitted and blood-borne diseases and viruses, including syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C.

A free, publicly available testing programme for syphilis needs to be made available in South Auckland to help tackle the epidemic, an expert says. Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall says shes aware frontline specialists are struggling to react to South Aucklands syphilis epidemic. Photo: LAWRENCE SMITH / STUFF / LDR Dr Massimo Giola is a member of the New Zealand Sexual Health Societys executive and a practising physician, and said many people were still being charged a consultati...

“We should be making the services as accessible as possible like we did with testing for Covid-19. “Personally I see this as a public health issue. If people do the right thing they shouldn’t have to pay for it.” Parliament’s health select committee has raised concerns about the growth of syphilis in south Auckland and the need for extra funding for primary and sexual health services to stop its spread. A report released in April as part of its annual review of the Counties Manuka...