Sexually transmitted diseases in the UK continue to increase with a 4% rise in reported cases last year. There was a 28% increase in cases of syphilis and a 9% increase in chlamydia diagnoses. With many health experts predicting an impending public health crisis, this book explores the latest trends, causes and treatments. Chapter two is devoted to HIV and AIDS, both in the UK and globally.
The information comes from a wide variety of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Sexual Health
Sexually transmitted infections, Sexually transmitted diseases in the UK, United Kingdom STD statistics, Sex infections rise again, Selected conditions by sex, Sexually transmitted infections, Young, free and infectious, Sexual health check-ups, Patients wait six weeks to visit sex disease clinics, Unprotected sex, Exposure category of HIV infection, Men and sexual health.
Chapter Two: HIV & AIDS
HIV facts, New HIV cases up by a fifth in a year, Global statistics, HIV and AIDS around the world, AIDS epidemic poses serious threat to Europe, HIV/AIDS FAQs, New warning over the fast-growing HIV threat, HIV/AIDS and adolescents, Young people and HIV/AIDS, New HIV infections in 2002, Carry on up the campus, HIV/AIDS now a disease of young people . . . , Adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, Record numbers infected, AIDS pandemic out of control in many nations, HIV prevention, The future of HIV prevention, Treatment holds new promise in war on HIV, Closing the treatment gap, Adult and child deaths due to AIDS in 2004, Responding to AIDS, Government ‘letting up on Aids battle’.
Key Facts
Additional Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
• Since 1995, there has been a sustained increase in diagnoses of most STIs (also called STDs) in the UK. (p. 2)
• The number of new cases of syphilis showed the highest increase between 2002 and 2003 with a rise of 28%, while diagnoses of chlamydia went up by 9% in the same period. (p. 4)
• The number of new cases of HIV diagnosed in the UK has risen by 20% in one year, according to figures released by the Health Protection Agency. There have been 5,047 new cases so far for 2003, compared with 4,204 at the same time last year. (p. 4)
• Half of new infections are occurring in young people (15- to 24-year-olds), who constitute over one-quarter of those living with HIV and AIDS worldwide. (p. 17)
• Biologically, the risk of infection during unprotected sex is two to four times higher for women than men; young women are even more vulnerable because their reproductive tracts are still maturing and tears in the tissue allow easy access to infection. (p. 24)
• HIV/AIDS has become a disease of young people, with half of all new infections occurring in 15- to 24-year-olds, according to UNFPA's The State of World Population 2003 report. (p. 29)
• HIV does not kill directly, but it destroys the body's natural defences against disease. AIDS develops when the body succumbs to a secondary infection, often pneumonia or tuberculosis. Death may follow soon afterwards unless these infections are successfully treated. (p. 31)
• There is still no cure for AIDS. However, scientists have been working for many years to create a vaccine that would prevent HIV transmission in the same way many other infectious diseases (e.g. measles, smallpox and polio) are controlled. Such a vaccine is scientifically possible. (p. 33)
• Globally, between 35 and 42 million people are estimated to be infected with HIV/AIDS. Every single day AIDS kills 8,000 people and orphans thousands of children. (p. 36)
Preventing Sexual Diseases Study Guide
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.50
ISBN: 978 1 86168 322 9
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