This week, our partners at the North Dakota Department of Health are highlighting Sexually Transmitted Infection or STI Awareness Week through KNOWTIFY – your go-to for health information.
Here’s a quick excerpt, and we’ve provided a link to the full article below:
Could you be one in 5? The CDC estimates that about 20% of the U.S. population – approximately one in five people in the U.S. – had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) on any given day in 2018. In 2018, there were 26 million new STI infections in the U.S. Of those infections, almost half were among youth aged 15 to 24. STI Awareness Week, observed the second full week in April, provides an opportunity to raise awareness about STIs and how they impact our lives. These efforts include reducing STI-related stigma, fear and discrimination, and ensuring people have the tools and knowledge to prevent, test for, and treat STIs.
To read the rest of the article and learn more about how to prevent, test for and treat STIs, visit KNOWTIFY here.
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