Yet another opportunity to participate

And here's another opportunity for you to participate, though this one is limited to those who live in the ACT.

Due to rising rates in the ACT of chlamydia infection, the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute at the Australian National University is running a trial program where women between the ages of 16 and 30 can get paid ten dollars for having a test at a participating pharmacy.

Quoting Associate Professor Rhian Parker from the SMH's article, chlamydia is "usually easy to resolve with antibiotics but because it has no symptoms it can go unnoticed, and so untreated, for years. The longer-term effect can be devastating, with two-thirds tubal infertility and a third of all cases of ectopic pregnancy attributed to the infection."

So if you're in the ACT, go to one of these pharmacies: Devlin's Garema Place, City Markets, Priceline and Pyes - in central Canberra and in suburban pharmacies in Hughes and Charnwood; take a test and look after yourself, as well as potentially helping other young women across Australia if this trial is deemed a success.