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Aminata* didn’t plan to become pregnant at 15. When her mum died, she was sent to live with her aunty in the country’s capital city, Freetown, and felt from the outset that she was not welcome. Her cousins were attending school but there was no money to send Aminata, and instead she was expected to fetch water for the household every day, often spending four or five hours in the queue. When Patrick, one of the men who ran the pump, asked her to be his girlfriend, saying she could jump the water queue and he would also pay her school fees, she felt that she could finally get back on track. -
Content ArticleKey themes raised in the evidence include: Menstrual health and gynaecological conditions, including period poverty and the impact of menstruation on everyday life, whether or not it is painful and heavy. Sexual health and contraception, including barriers to accessing information for particular groups of women and geographical variation in the commissioning of services. Fertility, pregnancy, pregnancy loss and maternal health, including lack of information about factors affecting fertility and options for treatment. Variations in access to IVF were also raised, as well as
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Content ArticleThe face-to-face meeting of STYPA will be held 14-17 July 2022, in Strasbourg, France. EPF will cover travel and accommodation for all accepted participants. Follow up workshop webinars will take place in September and October 2022, with a final closing webinar in November 2022. The training will be in English. The closing date for applications is 15 April 2022. Applicants should be: 18 – 30 years old living in Europe a young patient with a chronic and/or lifelong illness/condition or a young employee or volunteer of a patient organisation. A family mem
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News ArticleThe coronavirus pandemic has made a "difficult situation even worse" for women trying to access contraception, a group of MPs and peers has warned. Their inquiry claims years of cuts means patients "have to navigate a complex system just to receive basic healthcare". It warns damage caused by the pandemic could see a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. Sexual health doctors say the service is "overstretched and underfunded". The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Sexual and Reproductive Health says cuts to public health funding in England have had a wide-ranging impact,
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Can you tell us a bit about your own experience of having a copper IUD fitted? In a word - horrific. I am not able to use hormonal contraceptives, so for me the copper IUD is a good solution, plus it lasts for 10 years which is a bonus. However, the insertion of the IUD was excruciatingly painful. I had asked my GP for some pain relief beforehand, but he told me that ‘paracetamol would be enough’. That absolutely did not turn out to be the case for me. The fitting took three attempts, each one more painful than the last. Apparently, I have a tilted cervix which makes insertio -
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Community PostI have been looking into health campaigns recently. There seems to be many that are affecting womens health that are not being heard or taken seriously. Are there health inequalities at play here?
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Content ArticleThe report from the Pelvic Floor Society proposes changes in six key areas: Empowering and educating patients and beyond. Making use of technology. Integrating expertise. Looking again at surgical procedures. Making the most of our teams. Considering collaborations. Each area is addressed with its own chapter in the report.
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Statement released by the RCOG and FSRH on women's painful IUD experience
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A statement has been released by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Faculty for Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) addressing the concerns raised by women on painful IUD fittings. Dr Diana Mansour, Vice President of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) and Dr Edward Morris, President at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists give a statement in support to women who have experienced pain during an IUD fitting, describing their concern and dismay at women's pain being dismissed. Dr Edward Morris calls 'on the -
Content ArticleWomen's Lives, Women's Rights: Strengthening Access to Contraception Beyond the Pandemic also sets out detailed recommendations under the following sections: Funding Commissioning structures and accountability Workforce and training Data and monitoring Improving access to contraception Information and education Education settings. The full report and the executive summary can be accessed via the link below, or the attached documents.
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Content ArticleThe following suggestions were agreed by all experts: Do not suggest laparoscopy to detect and treat superficial peritoneal endometriosis in infertile women without pelvic pain symptom. Do not recommend controlled ovarian stimulation and IUI in infertile women with endometriosis at any stage. Do not remove small ovarian endometriomas (diameter <4 cm) with the sole objective of improving the likelihood of conception in infertile patients scheduled for IVF. Do not remove uncomplicated deep endometriotic lesions in asymptomatic women, and also in symptomatic women not s
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Caitlin Moran: ‘Coil fitting left me traumatised’
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