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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), condom use among young people in Europe has fallen significantly in recent years, but Switzerland is bucking the trend.
This content was published on August 29, 2024 at 13:23
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WHO Europe said on Thursday that rates of unprotected sex are “alarmingly high”, putting young people at “significant risk of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies”.
The data comes from a survey of 242,000 15-year-olds in 42 of the 53 countries in the WHO European Region, including Central Asia. The data shows that among sexually active boys, the proportion who used a condom the last time they had sex has fallen from 70% in 2014 to 61% in 2022. For girls, the figure has fallen from 63% to 57%.
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Nearly one-third of young people say they didn't use a condom or the pill the last time they had sex, roughly the same as in 2018. Pill use in 2022 remains fairly stable compared to 2014, with 26% of 15-year-olds saying they used the pill the last time they had sex.
Condom use in Switzerland
As of the 2022 survey, around 22% of 15-year-old males in Switzerland had not used a condom during their last sexual encounter.
Switzerland is one of the countries with the highest use of this contraceptive, while in Sweden 43% say they don't use condoms.
Among Swiss girls of the same age, 28% said they had not used a condom the last time they had sex, and 77% of girls of the same age said they did not use contraception either.
Hans Kluge, WHO's European director, criticised the failure of many countries to provide comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education, which he said increases the incidence of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies, as well as driving up health costs and disrupting young people's educational and career paths.
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