Notifiable diseases
Sir,—A.I.D.S., a sexually transmitted disease, has been declared notifiable. Why have the other venereal diseases escaped all these years from being notifiable? Why the one with no cases yet in New Zealand, and not the others, steadily increasing and involving younger and younger people in misery, morbidity, and sometimes death? The Minister was reported (August 19) as saying that cases of A.I.D.S. could then be investigated at an early stage and preventive measures taken against its spreading. The same can be said of gonorrhoea, syphilis, herpes (venereal sores around the mouth and vagina), non-specific urethritis (discharge from the penis), etc. They all have a common cause — sexual promiscuity — and all are sexually transmitted; therefore, why are not all notifiable as a first necessary step in prevention, treatment, and control? This whole question must be dealt with with openly and speedily in order to clean it up.— Yours, etc., NANCY SUTHERLAND. August 21, 1983.
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