The Australian Government has launched a new National STI Prevention Program: Sexual Health Campaign to raise young people’s awareness about the risks of infection and to generate a sense of personal responsibility to help prevent the spread of STIs.

You can access this information by clicking onto this hyperlink www.australia.gov.au/sti

It offers the opportunity to access valuable information on STI prevention, testing and treatment, the risks of sex without a condom and tips on how to negotiate condom use.

If you would like to receive campaign information for inclusion in your e-newsletters, magazines or journals please contact Karen Coombes, Social Marketing Unit, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing on (02) 6289 5741 or karen.coombes@health.gov.au.

Horizon Communication Group (on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
 

Here's a new sex education website for young people that's been created by Marie Stopes International.

Marie Stopes International Australia (MSIA) is an Australian not for profit, non-government organisation (NGO), working with local partners and governments to provide vital reproductive health services in low income communities in Asia and the Pacific. MSIA works for the improvement of the health and quality of life of women and their families, helping them to exercise their right to enjoy reproductive health and have Children by Choice, Not by chance. MSIA and its partners are committed to saving lives through reproductive health care.

It features 'Like It Is' ... a new sex education website for young people.

Youthnet is a global program aimed at improving the reproductive health and the prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people 10 to 24 years old. It's employed the energy, insight, and experience of parents, schoolteachers, employers, policymakers, the media, health professionals, non-government agencies, religious and community leaders, and other youth networks.

It's in English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Arabic.