The Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Program continues to offer traditional STD services including counseling and testing, partner notification and contact tracing for syphilis, HIV, gonorrhea and chlamydia, and family planning services.

The continual challenge facing the program staff is to be able to demonstrate the flexibility to effectively provide culturally sensitive, gender specific, lifestyle appropriate messages about sexually transmitted diseases to a very diverse population, and to reduce the rates of early infectious syphilis, congenital syphilis, HIV, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.  In addition, we have begun to join forces with other health department sections/programs and community based organizations and groups to more effectively combat sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, in our community.

• Check the STD Clinic Schedule
• Fact Sheets: Chlamydia, Syphilis, Gonorrhea 1.32 MB (in English, Spanish, Creole)
• Syphilis is back

Links to Other Sites

• American Social Health Association - ASHA's mission is to stop sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their harmful consequences to individuals, families, and communities.
• Centers for Disease Control National Prevention Information Network

  IntelliHealth: Sexually Transmitted Diseases - learn more about the types, signs and treatment of STDs. From Johns Hopkins University.

• SHAPE - Sexual Health Advocacy and Peer Education home page - lots of links to information about HIV and other STDs, safe sex, etc.