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Article: PREVENTING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 31, 1996
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Byline: WILLIAM T. BUTLER
Why does the United States have the highest rate of curable sexually transmitted diseases in the industrialized world? It's not because we have higher rates of sexual intercourse. It's because we do not have an effective national strategy to prevent these diseases and do not provide needed services to those most at risk.
Adolescents, in particular, have great difficulty obtaining information, contraceptives, and even treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. As a result, many suffer their whole lives from complications of diseases that could have been prevented.
Diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and ...