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Columbus Dispatch (12.10.08) - Thursday, December 11, 2008
Misti Crane
The STD is being diagnosed in people of all races and in men and women, but men who have sex with men are disproportionately affected, said Dr. Mysheika LeMaile- Williams, the city's medical director and assistant health commissioner. Areas with the highest number of cases include Downtown, the South Side, and the Near East Side, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health.
LeMaile-Williams said the city is working to control the spread of syphilis through testing and treatment, and by partner notification, including prostitutes. Convincing people of the importance of practicing safe sex remains a challenge, one that has become more significant as improvements in HIV treatments have made some people complacent about condom use, she said.
CPH also works with the Columbus AIDS Task Force and the Tobias Project, which conducts STD education and prevention outreach in the city's African-American community. Eddie Jones Jr., the project's executive director, said his group already promotes syphilis testing. Next year, those efforts will be expanded when the group will use a van to offer on-site testing across the city, he said.
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