Si'itia le pesia o tagata i fa'ama'i mai feusua'iga.

Sexual Health

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O fa'ama'i e afua mai feusua'iga ua leva ona iai auala e puipuia ai ma togafitiga.


Peita'i i le 10 tausaga ua tuana'i atu nei, na iloa i se su'esu'ega a le Kirby Institute i le Univesite o New South Wales, le fa'aluaina o tagata na pesia i fa'ama'i feusua'iga (Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) o le gonorrhoea, syphilis ma le chlamydia.

Na ta'ua e Dr Skye McGregor o le Kirby Institute, e lata i le 102,000 tagata na pesia i le chlamydia, o le to'atele o tupulaga talavou i le va o le 20 ma le 29 tausaga le matutua.

Na fa'aalia fo'i i le ripoti le matua maualuga atu o le tulaga o loo pesia ai tagata muamua i fa'ama'i feusua'iga (STIs) nai lo isi tagata i le atunu'u.

Na saunoa Robert Monaghan o le Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service, o le isi fa'afitauli o le faigata i tagata muamua i nofoaga maotua ona maua 'au'aunaga ma auala e su'esu'eina ai pe o maua i se STI.

Na ia ta'ua fo'i:

"We need a wider depth of health promotion in our schools that start that early conversation that take the stigma away from it".


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