I'm just wondering................

I'M finding out from this website that alot of american women have been with Jamaican men. Some are getting engaged and marrying. I wonder have any of you have seen the STD rate in Jamaica it was very interesting because it's harder for them to go to the clnic and to get medicine. So, I hope condoms are worn at all times. Don't get me wrong STD is everywhere but, harder to get checked and medication cause of their money situation in JA. BE CAREFUL.

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samba do ya job

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Is HIV/STD control in Jamaica making a difference?

Figueroa JP, Brathwaite AR, Wedderburn M, Ward E, Lweis-Bell K, Amon JJ, Williams Y, Williams E.

Ministry of Health, Kingston, Jamaica.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the comprehensive HIV/STD Control Program established in Jamaica since the late 1980s on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. METHODS: AIDS case reports, HIV testing of blood donors, antenatal clinic attenders (ANC), food service workers, sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic attenders, female prostitutes, homosexuals and other groups were used to monitor the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Primary and secondary syphilis and cases of congenital syphilis were also monitored. National knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) surveys were conducted in 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994 and 1996. RESULTS: The annual AIDS incidence rate in Jamaica increased only marginally in the past three years from 18.5 per 100000 population to 21.4 in 1997. HIV prevalence in the general population groups tested has been about 1% or less. Among those at high risk, HIV prevalence rates have risen to 6.3% (95% confidence interval 5.0-8.0) in STD clinic attenders, around 10% and 21% in female prostitutes in Kingston and Montego Bay respectively and approximately 30% among homosexuals. Syphilis rates and congenital syphilis cases have declined. The proportion of men aged 15-49 years reporting sex with a non-regular partner declined from 35% in 1994 to 26% in 1996 (P< 0.001). Women ever having used condoms increased from 51% in 1988 to 62.5% in 1992 and 73% in 1994 and 1996 (P< 0.001), while condom use with a non-regular partner increased from 37% in 1992 to 73% in 1996 (P= 0.006). Condom use among men was high over the period: around 81% had ever used condoms and 77% used them with non-regular partners. Gay men, inner-city adults and adolescents aged 12-14 years all reported increases in condom use while condom sales and distribution increased from around 2 million in 1985 to 10 million in 1995. CONCLUSION: HIV/STD control measures appear to have slowed the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica, however a significant minority of persons continue to have unprotected sex in high risk situations.



Just a little information if any one has not seen the STD rates in Jamaica here they are

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The trends in that post are actually quite positive Teach. I wonder if there are more current stats on the www.

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This is the best current info I could find. I think this stuff is good to know.

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global...ca_profile.pdf

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Don't know I haven't seen anything about t in a while....I do know I am not havin any sex right now so know need for me to worry....lol

Nah I just think that overall, its good and informative.

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