Sexually transmitted diseases among Aussie youngsters on the rises

Experts have called for a new HIV awareness movement after it was seen that venereal disease among young Australians has skyrocketed.According to federal government figures, the number of chlamydia cases doubled to 60,000 over the four years to 2008, and people matured between 20 and 29 are the group at highest risk.

Professor Michael Kidd, who chaired a ministerial advisory group on sexual disease strategy, says the higher infection rates mean young people are ignoring the government's safe-sex ad movement.The surge in risky lifestyle, he said, could also result in an enlarge in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS).

"That's one of the grave concerns," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Professor Kidd as influential reporters on May 27 in Sydney."The concern is that if we see a condition like Chlamydia on the rise, that indicate that there's a lot of unsafe sexual practices occurring and of course that sets up an situation where HIV transmission can increase as well," he stated. 

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