A special bus is touring East Sussex during July and August to help encourage young people across the county to get tested for the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection in the UK.
Chlamydia can affect both men and women.
Most people that have it will have no symptoms, and if you, or your partner, are left untreated it can cause infertility.
Now the local NHS is offering Chlamydia tests to anyone who is sexually active and under 25 by bus.
All they have to do is drop-in at one of the stops on the bus’ journey around East Sussex (See below for details)
Fri 16 July - Sunny Day, Hastings Beach. Rainy Day, Hastings Skate Park. 10am-4pm
Sun 18 July - Eastbourne Extreme. 10am-5pm
Thurs 22 July - Icklesham Beer Festival. 12pm-6pm
Sat 24 July - Pevfest (Pevensey Festival). 10am-5pm Tues 10 Aug - Eastbourne Town Centre / Crumbles. 12pm-4pm Weds 11 Aug - Job Centre, Hastings. 12pm-4pm
Thurs 12 Aug - Lewes, Heathfield, Hailsham. 5pm-10pm
Sat 21 Aug - Hastings Train Station (12pm-4pm), Hastings Town Centre / Beach (4pm-7pm), Ravenside (8am-12pm).
Tues 24 Aug - Hastings CSA / Hastings Direct. 9am-4pm Weds 25 Aug - Eastbourne Town Centre / Pier (10am-4pm), Eastbourne Town Centre (4pm-8pm), Crumbles / Bowling (9am-12pm)
Thurs 26 Aug - Rye / Battle / Robertsbridge, 5pm-10pm
Sally Pullen, who works on the NHS’ ‘Chlamydia Free’ campaign in East Sussex, says:
"The test for Chlamydia is very simple.
You can do it yourself and don’t need to be examined by a nurse or doctor.
So if you are sexually active and under 25, please come along and have a test at the bus, OR you can text ‘pack’ with you name, age, address and if you are male or female to 80010, or call 0800 0612 668 for further information."
