But many more voices will be required to stop the silent, continuing toll of STIs.
And physicians need to talk to their young patients about STIs, risk behaviors and effective prevention methods.
Many STIs can be diagnosed and treated on a single visit and will not require medical care.
The severe health and economic toll of STIs in America is entirely preventable.
In Uganda, MSI offers one voucher for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and another for safe births.
In our communities, we must speak out against the shame and stigma that has too long been associated with STIs.
Kate, 36, from Manchester, who has herpes, thinks the stigma attached to STIs also means "people assume you've slept around".
Bryant says that since 2008, the Uganda voucher programs have helped to fund 18, 000 deliveries in Uganda, and 40, 000 treatments for STIs.
Within lay the flawed wiring of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS).
It's also important for those who are sexually active to talk openly and honestly with partners about STIs, and to use condoms consistently and correctly.
Parents and caregivers need to open the door for frank, honest discussions with their children about STIs and behaviors that can place them at risk.
"Now we have to catch up on the changes in commanding to the spacecraft to ensure we can get the best out of STIS for the future, " he told BBC News.
To increase the early diagnosis and treatment of STIs, CDC is reaching out to health care providers and young people at risk throughout the nation with messages about the importance of screening.
It belies the fact that many people contract STIs from long-term partners - with some people only discovering they've contracted one at the same time they find out their partner has been unfaithful.
On Sunday, mission specialists Michael Massimino and Michael Good had to contend with a handrail blocking their access to the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), resorting in the end to tearing it off with brute force.
If losing anonymity and confidentiality dissuades people from attending sexual health clinics, or forces them into a private sector with no obligation either to record the visit or report the resultant data, our ability to fight STIs and HIV will be damaged.
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