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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released national sexually transmitted disease surveillance data for the year 2007. More than 1.1 million chlamydia cases were reported – the largest number of cases ever reported to CDC for any condition. Rates of primary and secondary syphilis also increased by 15% from 2006. While the rates of STD infections continue to rise, federal funding for the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention has declined since 2003, which results in decreased state and local funding as well.

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One of the ways to control the spread of STDs is to notify the sexual partners of a person who has been diagnosed with one. And in the age of the internet one nonprofit group, Internet Sexuality Information Services, is doing just that through a free E-card service that can be used by anyone to contact their sexual partners. The cards, with message such as, “No one wants to be the bearer of bad news…but I got diagnosed with STDs (You might have one, too),” can be sent to up to 6 people anonymously, or they can include contact information with a personalized note. Since inSPOT’s launch in 2004, more than 30,000 people have sent more than 49,500 of the cards. No details about the senders or recipients are stored in order to protect users’ privacy. And while misuse by pranksters is a possibility, fewer than 10 recipients have complained of receiving a message in error since the launch of the service in 2004 .

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