Le nombre de cas a fortement augmenté en Afrique, l'urbanisation, les déplacements et le changement climatique ayant élargi l'aire de répartition des moustiques.
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Les jeunes qui s'adonnent au sextage sont quatre fois plus actifs sexuellement, cinq fois plus susceptibles d'avoir eu plusieurs partenaires et deux fois moins enclins à utiliser la contraception.
Youth who are sexting are four times more likely to be having sex. They are five times more likely to have had multiple sexual partners and twice as likely not to be using contraception.
A study in Kenya found that the lower men ranked themselves in society, the more violent they were with their intimate partners.
Young men in Kenya are more at risk of contemplating suicide if they have friends and family who attempted or have gone through with it.
Sex-education curricula that openly discuss sexting, consent and other online behaviours have never been more important for teens – in Ontario and globally.
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Science Writer, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Director, Behavioral Health and Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Postdoctoral fellow, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Research Fellow in Virology (Post-Doc position), The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Instructor, Social Epidemiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Professor Microbiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch