Booming economy sends syphilis rates skyrocketing in China.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , November 4 (ANI): China's rapidly developing economy is the driving force behind boosting number of syphilis cases over the past decade in the country, a senior public health official has said. Xiang-Sheng Chen said the country witnessed a tenfold increase in the sexually transmitted disease sexually transmitted disease (STD) or venereal disease, term for infections acquired mainly through sexual contact. Five diseases were traditionally known as venereal diseases: gonorrhea, syphilis, and the less common granuloma inguinale, that was virtually eradicated in the 1960s. Chen added cases were growing 30 percent a year owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de prostitution, mass migration of workers to the cities and poor health care systems, reports the China Daily. The deputy director of China's National Center for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely Control further revealed that syphilis was particularly rampant in the southeast that is witnessing a booming economy though not without inequality. Chen made his comments in the World Health Organization's monthly bulletin. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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