Sexual health: Public health officials call for 10-year strategy to combat rising STI rates

Public health leaders have called on the government to take “bold” action and set out a ten-year plan for sexual and reproductive health in England in light of the “dramatic increase” in syphilis, gonorrhoea and antibiotic-resistant sexually transmitted diseases.1

The report was released on September 10 by the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), the Sexual Health Commissioners' Group and the Local Government Association (LGA). It warns that rising demand for services during a decade of budget cuts has led to staff attrition and left the system vulnerable to outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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