Home Search Top Result A BASHH Guide to Condoms Do condoms work? Yes - for heterosexual (straight) couples and men who have sex with men (MSM), using condoms every time you have sex reduces the transmission of HIV and other STIs. Condoms are thought to be almost 100% effective in... Read more Pages (3) News (7) Events (0) Resources (1) A BASHH Guide to Condoms Do condoms work? Yes - for heterosexual (straight) couples and men who have sex with men (MSM), using condoms every time you have sex reduces the transmission of HIV and other STIs. Condoms are thought to be almost 100% effective in preventing... Read more A BASHH Guide to Safer Sex Safer sex is not ‘all or nothing' You can make sex safer by doing some of the things suggested in this guide - for instance, just for some types of sex or with some sexual partners - even if you don't do all of them all of the time. What... Read more Public & Patient Information BASHH supports public online blogs and has a panel of patients, lay people and professionals to comment on our information for the public We are always looking for new members for the public panel. If you have ideas or opinions about sexual... Read more (Standing With You) COVID-19 Guidance: Provision of Sexual Services to the Community Standing With You COVID-19 Guidance: Provision of Sexual Services to the Community The British Association for Sexual Health (BASHH) has today issued draft guidance on the provision of sexual health services to the community during the... Read more Experts call for greater focus on sexual health As new figures reveal worrying increase in gonorrhoea & syphilis New statistics released by Public Health England (PHE) today has revealed another significant increase in the number of new gonorrhoea and syphilis cases being diagnosed... Read more Government funding cuts leave sexual health and HIV care at 'breaking point' Surveys of members of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the British HIV Association (BHIVA) provide new evidence of pressure on overstretched sexual health services and a sector at ‘breaking point’. Access to sexual... Read more New figures show record levels of syphilis as experts highlight importance of increased focus on sexual health Data released by Public Health England (PHE) today have revealed another significant increase in the number of new syphilis cases being diagnosed across England. According to the figures, 5,920 new cases of syphilis were recorded in 2016,... Read more New reports of extremely-drug-resistant gonorrhoea pose significant risks for sexual health The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) has reacted with deep concern following reports showing that new cases of extensively-drug-resistant (XDR) gonorrhoea have been identified in England.An incident alert published today by... Read more Sexual health experts applaud decision to make PrEP available for use across NHS in Scotland The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) welcome today’s decision from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) to approve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for use within the NHS in Scotland.The British Association for Sexual Health... Read more The UK is moving towards elimination of HIV transmission NAM aidsmap, NAT, BHIVA and BASHH welcome new data from Public Health England that gives hope that HIV can be conquered New HIV data released today by Public Health England marks a turning... Read more Sorry, no events was found matching your search Guidelines: Anogenital Warts 2015 Aetiology and Natural History Anogenital warts are benign lesions caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). 90% are caused by HPV types 6 or 11 Warts may also contain oncogenic HPV types but these typically cause dysplastic lesions and... Read more