Sacramento County Nabs Grant for STI Awareness
Sacramento County has received a $30,000 grant from the national Get Yourself Tested collaborative to help launch a campaign encouraging residents to get tested for sexually transmitted infections. According to the state Department of Public Health, Sacramento County has California's second-highest rate of gonorrhea and the fifth-highest rates of chlamydia and syphilis.
- "Sacramento County Launches Sex-Disease Awareness Campaign" (Kawahara, Sacramento Bee, 4/17).