Kapitalism och globalisering skapar syfilisepidemier i Kina
Syphilis has returned to China with a vengeance as the country undergoes rapid development and an overall change in lifestyle, researchers from the US and China say.A report published in Friday’s edition of The Lancet, a UK medical journal, said China needed urgent intervention to prevent a syphilis epidemic.
The report said contributing factors include sexual experimentation at a young age and before marriage, as well as the increasing cost of individual healthcare.
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The study linked the re-emergence to economic reforms and globalisation in China.
"These changes have led to income gaps and a cultural climate that favours re-emergence of prostitution due to a substantial majority of men and a large migrant population of male workers.
"Sexually active individuals would be completely susceptible to this infection," said the report, which was based on data drawn from China's sexually transmitted disease surveillance system and population-based registries in specific geographic areas.
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"This outbreak is the collateral damage of capitalism and a freer society, coupled with lower investments into public health". 1
Kineserna har ingenting att klaga över - de blev ju berikade med smittsam globalisering!
1 Aljazeera, "China faces new syphilis epidemic"
