Our school systems have been notoriously bad at providing comprehensive sex education. If you know the difference between your vulva and vagina, amazing. If you don't, here it goes…

When to get tested? At least once a year or any time you have had unprotected sex. If you happen to have a new partner every single week (trying to think of all the possible scenarios here), then you should aim, at the very least, to get tested every three months. The incubation period for Chlamydia is between 14 and 21 days - something to keep in mind when making an appointment since in most cases it can take up to two full weeks from the time of exposure before the pathogen is detected.

The physical act of sex is dependent on too many factors for us to narrow it down to just ‘did you use a condom?’ Until we don’t bring into the discussion consent, trust, age, level of education and cultural values we will not be able to have any sort of meaningful impact as educators and health professionals.