Niagara Region Public Health and Brock University Student Health Services will host a sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing day at the University on Wednesday, March 23 from noon to 5 p.m. This is in response to rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea continuing to in crease in Niagara, year over year. STI testing is confidential, quick and easy, and no health card is required to participate.

WHO: Niagara Region Public Health and Brock University Student Health Services

WHAT: Confidential, quick and easy urine testing for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

WHERE: Sean O’Sullivan Theatre Lobby Brock University

WHEN: Wednesday, March 23 Noon – 5 p.m.

WHY: • To raise awareness of the ease of STI testing,

• Reduce stigma of STI testing,

• Niagara’s rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea increase each year,

• 64% of Niagara’s chlamydia cases in 2015 occurred between the ages of 15-24,

• Up to 80% of people with a Chlamydia or Gonorrhea infection have no signs or symptoms.