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Washington Times (12.23.03) - Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Cheryl Wetzstein
Under federal mandates signed by President Clinton in 2000, CDC was to have issued a report on the best HPV prevention strategies by Dec. 21. Separately, FDA was to re-evaluate condom labels to ensure that they are "medically accurate" concerning their efficacy in preventing disease, including HPV. Neither agency has complied, said Souder.
CDC spokesperson Kathy Harben said that the agency was finishing its HPV report and would issue it in January. CDC has posted HPV information on its Web site and given HPV presentations to health care workers, she said.
"The FDA has also undertaken enormous review of the literature related to prevention of [sexually transmitted diseases], and we are evaluating the issue," said an FDA spokesperson.
The Eagle Forum and other groups have urged Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson to highlight HPV education, "including the fact that condoms do not provide effective protection against infection."
"I don't think we, in any way, want to do anything that will frighten people from using condoms or going to the doctor and getting tested," said Tamara Kreinin, president of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. "The bottom-line message always needs to be that most STDs are treatable and it's important to get tested... early."
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