Expert Guidance Is Helping to Safeguard Sexual Health

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THINK about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and there are scores of myths that spring to mind.

Paul Hopkins, Gloucestershire's sexual health improvement specialist, said: "Young people hear things in the playground or in nightclubs and that is how misconceptions, like HIV is only contracted by drug users and gay men, spread among peer groups."

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Expert Guidance Is Helping to Safeguard Sexual Health

But it does not have to be this way.

Gloucestershire's sexual health team is committed to lifting the lid on STIs and reducing the number of people across the region who catch, carry and transmit them.

Hope House at Gloucester Royal Hospital and Benhall Clinic at Cheltenham General...

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