Tuesday, January 15, 2008

UK: Chlamydia Among under-16s up 9-fold in 4 years

'Lot of evidence' shows even if condoms always used disease can still be transmitted

From "'Lot of evidence' shows even if condoms always used disease can still be transmitted" posted 1/12/08 at WorldNetDaily.com

London health experts say something needs to be done beyond making condoms available to lower the number of children with sexually transmitted diseases, because the handouts from school nurses just aren't doing the work.

"There is … a lot of evidence to show that even if condoms are used all the time the disease can still be transmitted. We need to focus on better sexual education that involves parents, not just the school nurse," Trevor Stammers, a physician and healthcare ethics lecturer, told the London Evening Standard.

He said the government's dedication to contraception should be reconsidered.

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