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Campaign putting chlamydia out in the openDate: 28/9/2007 9:35:30 AM
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Young people have been urged to talk to a doctor and take part in tests as part of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP), with local Primary Care Trusts leading the drive.
Swindon Primary Care Trust has been active in encouraging young people to attend, with a 22 per cent rise in detection of positive cases of chlamydia recorded between 2005 and 2006, according to the Swindon Advertiser.
Other regional authorities have also upped their levels of chlamydia screening and detection, with Suffolk managing to amass 2094 young takers for the free screening by July 2007, with 11 per cent reported to have tested positive.
The NCSP is committed to increasing testing sites for the common infection, with the current third phase of the programme involving a further 50 centres to add to the initial ten founded in 2002 and the 16 inaugurated in 2004.
Government and NHS campaigns have identified the 15 to 25-year-old age group to be the most at risk from the infection, which if caught early enough can be easily treated with antibiotics.
However, if left untreated, as is often the case, genital chlamydial infections can develop into severe reproductive health problems, as well as leading to pelvic inflammatory disease for up to 30 per cent of infected women.
A central thrust of the campaign is to put chlamydia issues out in the open, with myths expounded and simple non-embarrassing procedures offered, such as a self-applied swab for women to be submitted to a local GP's clinic.
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