|
|
Article: British lawmakers warn of sexual health crisis
- Article from:
- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- June 11, 2003
CopyrightProvided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
00-00-0000
Dateline: LONDON
England faces a sexual health crisis, with soaring rates of sexually
transmitted infections, overburdened clinics and widespread ignorance,
a group of lawmakers warned Wednesday.
A report by the parliamentary Health Select Committee said syphilis
infection rates in England have increased by 500 percent in the last
six years, while gonorrhea rates have doubled. It found that one in
10 sexually active young women in England is infected with chlamydia.
Figures for 2002 are expected to show a 26 percent increase in HIV
diagnoses in the United Kingdom since 2001, and the highest increase
since the epidemic began. Since 1999, the number of heterosexually ...