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It’s burning down there: how shame is keeping SA girls from looking after their sexual health | SA News

A burning sensation. An itch that won’t go away. A rash. Yellow or brown or white discharge.

For many teenage girls and young women in South Africa, these are things that you don’t talk about. They’re symptoms to hide — from friends, partners, parents and even healthcare providers.

That’s what research my colleagues and I at the South African Medical Research Council found when we talked to nearly 5,000 girls and young women aged 15 to 24 across the country about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and vaginal infections.

South Africa has one of the highest rates of STIs in the world, with adolescent girls and young women more likely to have STIs than older women, and boys and men…

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