Online STI kits double testing uptake in young people, study suggests

Offering e-STI kits alongside existing sexual health services could improve testing rates, research indicates Offering young people testing kits for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) over the internet almost doubles testing uptake compared with inviting them to a clinic, research suggests.In 2016 alone there were more than 417,000 diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections in England, including gonorrhoea and chlamydia, with rates of STI diagnoses generally higher among young people. Whil