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The control of gonorrhoea infection.
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The control of gonorrhoea infection. Duncan L. Brian 1853 Words Tutor: Kate Cooper In July 1992, the government launched The Health of the Nation initiative in the form of a white paper.1 Included were specific targets for the reduction in incidence of gonorrhoea by at least 20% by 1995, to no more than 49 new cases per 100,000 men and women aged 15-64. Although this target was achieved ahead of time, the number of new cases was in rapid decline a year before the intervention was announced and continued this trend until 1993 and subsequently levelled out until 1995.2 It was almost inevitable, therefore, that the decline would have continued without intervention. Since 1995, annual increases in uncomplicated gonorrhoea diagnoses in England and Wales have been observed, and despite a plateau between 1997 and 1998, they are continuing to rise.3,4 A substantial increase of 20% occurred in 1996, although no single risk group...
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