We are especially excited about the spreadsheet tool we have developed which will help local services to evaluate their own programmes and allow rapid updates based on national reports. We would be delighted to hear from anyone wishing to use this tool.
Increasing the efficiency of partner notification is more cost effective in preventing the spread of chlamydia than increasing the coverage of primary screening in men, according to new research from the University of Bristol, published in the BMJ. Partner notification is an essential component of the management of all sexually transmitted infections. About two thirds of the sexual partners of patients who test positive for chlamydia are also found to be infected. In England, 65 per cent of male partners of chlamydia positive women were found to be infected, compared with 6 per cent of men tested through primary screening in 2008?9. The researchers, led by Dr Katy Turner of Bristol's School of Social and Community Medicine, used economical and mathematical modelling to compare the cost, cost effectiveness, and sex equity of different intervention strategies within the English National Chlamydia Screening Programme. They also developed a tool for calculating the cost effectiveness of chlamydia control programmes at a local, national or international level. In 2008?9 chlamydia screening was estimated to cost about £46.3m in total and £506 per infection treated.
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