Sexually transmitted diseases in women attending family planning clinics in Yaounde-Cameroon.1999

STDs are a major public health problem in the developing as well as developed world. Over 250 million new cases of cllrable SrDs occur annually world wide~ meanwhile lout of every 10 sexually active individual is infected by an STD. 400/0 of individuals of the reproductive age in Cameroon are exposed to at least I STD. Chlamydial infection has replaced gonoco,ccal infection with highest prevalence in Cameroon and world wide. An average of 20~/0 of women attending Family Planning, antenatal and other clinics in Africa has trichomonas. However, with the vulgarisation of Family Planning Clinics 11ation-wide and limited screening centres…