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From the chart, it seems obvious that the old strategy of hide HIV and sexual transmission diseases under the rug, to protect the rights of the carriers, is not working at all. At least not for protecting "collateral damage" children.

Practically the Same children infected and killed by sexual transmission diseases in 2007 than in 1997. AIDS mortality has even increased. Same as 'iNTS' (what's this?)

There is a lot of room for improving in this cluster

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I answer myself, iNTS is Salmonella, pretty lethal in Africa and increasing

It's quite easy to solve actually.

We can have an app where if you consent to have sex with someone then your sexual health status is automatically shared with whoever you consented to before the act.

You only have sex once you get green light, otherwise you are on your own!

Does it breach their right? IDK, I'll let someone HNer educate me on that.

And if it's a solution then why isn't it being implemented, how can we leave it upto people to be truthful about their status?

People can already share their STD test results, and some clinics even make their patients' results available online so that they can be verified.

Technology isn't going to solve this sociological problem.

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