Child sex-disease infections fall
Natasha Robinson; 1/5/08
The federal intervention in the Northern Territory has led to a decline in new notifications of sexually transmitted infections among children. The Northern Territory Government’s latest surveillance update on sexual health and blood-borne viruses revealed that 62 children aged under 14 were diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections in the Territory in the first six months of the intervention. Three of the children diagnosed with chlamydia between July and December last year were under the age of 10. The figures also showed that total diagnoses of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and trichomoniasis declined in the second half of last year, compared with the first half, following the intervention. The Territory’s rates of sexual disease among both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal population still soar above the rest of the nation.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23625735-5013404,00.html
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Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Sex Trade