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Peggy Clarke
American Social Health Association Research Triangle Park, NC

JAMA. 1992;268(19):2647.

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To the Editor.

—As executive director of the only national, voluntary, nonprofit agency dedicated solely to the prevention of all sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), I protest the absence of any mention of STDs in Dr Mason's proposed national agenda for women's health.¹

Each year, millions of women acquire STDs that can cause real damage to their bodies and their ability to bear children, as well as to the children they may be carrying—all taxing a sorely pressed health care system and costing Americans billions of precious health care dollars.

Some further research is needed in some areas, but many of the tools we need to fight these diseases are at hand, and only the lack of public funds prevents proven programs from being implemented. We know, for instance, how to diagnose and treat chlamydia. Yet, a chlamydia control program first proposed 10 years ago has yet to be implemented, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Edited by Drummond Rennie, MD, Deputy Editor (West), and Bruce B. Dan, MD, Senior Editor.

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