Chlamydia May Up Need for IVF

Among women seeking treatment for infertility, those with evidence of a previous Chlamydia trachomatis infection were less likely to get pregnant without in vitro fertilization (IVF) than those with a negative chlamydia serology, researchers found...

MMYM Launches New Chlamydia Screening Programme in Shropshire

Shropshire has joined ten other NHS districts in the Midlands in the use of the peer to peer outreach supplier, Moo Moo Youth Marketing in the launch of a new Chlamydia screening programme.
Moo Moo Youth Marketing launched the service as part of an ongoing effort to support the NHS attempts to reduce the number of Chlamydia infections by early diagnosis and treatment. As one of the biggest outreach screening campaigns in the U.K., the Chlamydia screening programme is aimed at young people between the ages of 15 to 25 years old and aims to remove the stigmatism associated to health screening.

Chlamydia: do you have it?

Facing a fresher-fuelled boom in STI’s, Lincolnshire health workers will tackle the growing problem throughout Friday night this week.
In an NHS Lincolnshire backed scheme, workers of the sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust will be handing out chlamydia self-test kits.
These are aimed at people aged between 15-24 and will be distributed at Lincoln’s Lucy Tower Street car park between 8pm-12am on Friday, October 15th.