�The New York Daily News on Friday examined the New York City-based STFree Certifications' "sexual history license," which allows people to supply their examination history for sexually inherited infections to potential partners. The service aims to reduce the spread of STIs, including HIV/AIDS, the Daily News reports.
According to the Daily News, people can register to become a card holder on-line or through an STFree van that travels about New York City. Program subscribers must provide a detailed sexual health profile and be tested for STIs. To access the testing history of an STFree cardholder, partners ar given a phone issue and PIN provided only to the STFree member. More than 15,000 people nationwide have sign up for the serve, which was launched in 2004 and costs $19.99, the Daily News reports.
Eli Dancy, founder of STFree Certifications, said he because he saw "a lot of irresponsibility" and wanted to raise awareness about STIs. There "are incredibly high HIV and [STI] rates" in the region, Dancy said, adding, "This card opens up the conversation for people to talk about it." According to government statistics, nearly tierce of city residents with multiple sexual urge partners regularly have sex without condoms. In accession, more than 100,000 people ar living with HIV/AIDS in the city, the Daily News reports. "Our end is to make it easy for people to get this done," Dancy said. He added, "We have to fix this [HIV/AIDS] epidemic. With this, we can start" (Millat, New York Daily News, 8/1).
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