Health groups fight STDs among Valley Hispanics. Arizona

“Noé Vargas routinely blankets metropolitan Phoenix streets to offer Latino residents public-health services aimed at keeping Maricopa County residents free of sexually transmitted diseases.

And it’s an uphill battle because of Latinos’ reticence to discuss sex education with their children and “macho” attitudes that often keep males from using condoms, he said. Both contribute to the alarming number of Latinos contracting STDs, he added. For example, last year the county reported nearly 5,900 Latinos with chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea alone.”

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