Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Resources in this category:

CDC National Prevention Information Network
http://www.cdcnpin.org/

"The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is a national reference, referral and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All of NPIN's services are designed to facilitate the sharing of information and resources among people working in HIV, STD, and TB prevention, treatment, and support services."

Chlamydia
http://www.mamashealth.com/chlamydia.asp

Questions and answers about chlamydia including descriptions, causes, symptoms, treatment, effects on pregnancy, news, prevention, and statistics.

Chlamydia - The Silent Epidemic
http://arnothealth.org/index.asp

A comprehensive website on Chlamydia, a rapidly-spreading STD. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention and links to other resources. Also, there are links to other common STDs.

Condyloma.org
http://www.condyloma.org/main.html

Their mission is "To provide and exchange information, support, discussion, treatments with people all over the globe who have in interest in this subject. To stop making this a "secret" disease, and bring it out in the open, so people feel more comfortable." Condyloma is also known as genital warts."

Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers
http://www.fphandbook.org/

Comprehensive family planning handbook with information on methods of contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and reproductive health issues. Though intended for doctors in developing countries, the information is understandable for laypeople, and available in several languages.

Gonorrhea, Gonococcal Infection
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/gonor.htm

This site discusses the spread, symptoms and treatment of Gonorrhea."Any sexually active person can be infected with gonorrhea. Most often, gonorrhea is found in younger people (ages 15-30) who have multiple sex partners. Gonorrhea is reported more frequently from urban areas than from rural areas."

Herpes Resource Center
http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/

Questions and answers about herpes and information about help resources.

International Herpes Management Forum
http://www.ihmf.org/

"The International Herpes Management Forum (IHMF) works to improve the awareness and understanding of herpesviruses (including HSV, VZV and CMV), and the counselling and management of people with these infections. This website gives all visitors - from specialists and healthcare workers to patients seeking more information about their disease - the opportunity to view and download the educational guidelines produced by the IHMF; to give feedback on IHMF-related materials and meetings; and to establish contact between local HMFs worldwide." The site includes a library, management guidelines, and links to related sites.