Don't just protect yourself from the sun this summer...
Published: 08:00, 11 July 2009
Don't bring back an unwanted souvenir from your summer holiday - that's the message from Marie Stopes International.
The sexual health charity is urging Kent holiday-makers to be sensible when it comes to holiday romance. It comes as they release figures showing the number of people with sexually transmitted infections in the county has risen dramatically over the last 10 years.
The statistics show cases of Chlamydia are up 269 per cent in men and 210 per cent in women and other
The charity has produced a free travel guide to sexual health in the hope it will cut infection rates. The guide, which can be downloaded at mariestopes.org.uk includes information on sexual health services worldwide, as well as a contraceptive guide and an at-a-glance STI guide.
We spoke to Clinical Lead at Marie Stopes International Heleen Tasseron.
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