"STI (Sexually-transmitted infections) rates are a driver of diagnostic technologies and policy" UK on 700,000 diagnoses in 2004
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) are emerging as a formidable driver of medical technology development, as well as of service policy, capacity and investment, on a par with traditional priority areas of healthcare, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. This is the message to emerge from the UK's latest STI and HIV incidence and testing data and the Health Protection Agency's appraisal of these.