Near-patient testing will improve the control of sexually transmitted infections: the arguments in favour

The development of near-patient testing in the sexual health field in recent years provides a much needed opportunity to improve the control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, in many fields, this opportunity to improve sexual health is not being fully realised. Sexual health has deteriorated markedly over the past decade. Diagnoses of the most common STIs have risen markedly,1 with these increases almost certainly caused at...