Why test for STIs?

If any of the following happened to you, would you get tested?

• Unsafe sex;
• Didn't use a condom, or condom broke;
• Multiple sexual partners;
• Started or ended a relationship; or
• Shared injecting or tattooing needles?  

In this edition we hear from Sidney Williams (pictured above), an outreach officer with the Goondirr Health Service, a community controlled health service providing primary health care and related health services to mob living in south-west Queensland.  Listen here as Sidney discusses the fertility implications of untreated STIs.

Have you seen the acronym BBV and wondered what it stands for?  

You might have seen or read it in a brochure or a website about STIs i.e. sexually transmitted infections.  For more listen here.

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Condoman Says seeks to raise awareness, increase knowledge and

understanding in the prevention of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBV) amongst First Nations people in Queensland and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.