In any event, the notion that impetuous Italians have unprotected sex is false.
It's a fact that rates of unprotected sex do not increase when there is more access to emergency contraception.
Another concern among some is that access to emergency contraception will increase the rates of unprotected sex, especially among teens.
But so are lots of things: high-fat foods, alcohol, fast cars, unprotected sex and jogging all take a dreadful toll.
Because most are ignorant of the dangers of needle-sharing and unprotected sex, they help spread the deadly disease to the general population.
Ms Eminson said the risk of people getting HIV from unprotected sex or needles was far higher than contracting it from medical staff.
It's the latest twist in a decade-long push for easier access to emergency contraception, which can prevent pregnancy if taken soon enough after unprotected sex.
The male donor acknowledged that he had engaged in unprotected sex with another man after he was screened for HIV, but before he donated the organ.
Schools were teaching about the risks of unprotected sex and directing young people to local services where they could access contraceptive and sexual health advice, he added.
The pills contain higher doses of regular contraceptives, and if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, can cut the chances of pregnancy by up to 89 percent.
As part of the study, each time participants receive counseling they will be reminded that they could be getting a placebo and cautioned against needle-sharing and unprotected sex.
It can be transmitted through unprotected sex and sharing needles.
That's why when a woman fears she might become pregnant after her contraceptive has failed or she has had unprotected sex, she needs fast access to emergency contraception, not delays at the pharmacy counter.
Plan B is available from generic manufacturers over-the-counter for women 17 and older and Ella is available by prescription only, for all ages, and prevents pregnancy within five days of unprotected sex or contraceptive failure.
The bottom line is that the use of reliable birth control is the best way to prevent an unintended pregnancy, but the fact is that unprotected sex does occur and sometimes birth control methods do fail.
The discrepancy between both wanting to plan pregnancy and having unprotected sex may have something to do with a focus in recent years on abstinence-only education, said Laura Lindberg, senior research associate at the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute.
The new It Starts With Me campaign, created by the Terrence Higgins Trust, urges people in high-risk groups to get tested for HIV at least every 12 months, and more frequently if they have symptoms or have put themselves at risk by having unprotected sex, for example.
But they are also a reflection of the hard graft of public-health workers in many countries, who have persuaded millions of people to modify or abandon risky behaviour, such as having unprotected sex, as they have also created the medical infrastructure needed to distribute anti-retroviral drugs that can keep symptoms at bay in those who do become infected.
And though it has been long established that teenagers who have good communication with their parents are more likely to resist negative peer pressure, new research shows that it is a boy's mother who is the most influential when it comes to risky behavior, not only with alcohol and drugs but also in preventing both early and unprotected sex.
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