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Nebraska: New Clinic to Treat Ills Transmitted Sexually

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

October 26, 2004

A second STD clinic and a new poster campaign urging testing and treatment are part of the Douglas County Health Department's efforts to lower local STD rates.

According to the Health Department, Douglas County's rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea are at least twice the national average. Two-thirds of the county's STD cases occur among 15- to 24-year-olds.

"Testing and treatment is the first step in combating the spread of these diseases," noted Dr. Adi Pour, county health director. "Studies have shown that for every person diagnosed with an STD, there are at least two individuals that are also infected but not diagnosed."

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The new clinic, located in the Health Department offices at 4102 Woolworth Ave., offers testing by appointment from noon to 8 p.m. Mondays and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Telephone 402-444-7750. Douglas County Health Department's other STD clinic, located at 5050 Ames Ave., welcomes walk-ins only from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and on Fridays from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Both clinics offer testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV to anyone 13 or older.

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Adapted from:
Omaha World-Herald
10.23.04; Nichole Aksamit

  
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