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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

In 1998 the World Health Organisation estimated there were 330 million new cases of STDs - Aids, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, chancroid, wart virus and trichomoniasis - each year. Why are sexually transmitted diseases more prevalent in some places than others?

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project