A STUDY ON

THE PREVALENCE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

INFECTIONS AMONG WOMEN IN URBAN SLUMS
OF GUNTUR CITY

Dissertation submitted to

NTR UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Vijayawada–AP

In Partial Fulfillment of requirements for the

M.D. DEGREE EXAMINATION

IN
COMMUNITY MEDICINE

To be held in Nov – Dec, 2009

By

Dr. SUHASINI VASIREDDY

Dept. of Community Medicine
Guntur Medical College.
 CERTIFICATE

Department of Community Medicine

Guntur Medical College,
Guntur – AP

This is to certify that this dissertation ‘A Study on The

prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among
Women Urban Slums of Guntur City’, Andhra Pradesh is the
original investigative work done by Dr. Suhasini Vasireddy
under our guidance and to our satisfaction for the dissertation to
be submitted to the NTR University of Health Science,
Vijayawada in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award
of Post Graduate Degree MD in Community Medicine.

Dr. A.Seetha Rama Dr.D.Jagannath Rao,MD

Professor Professor and Head of Dept.
Dept. of Community Medicine Dept. of Community Medicine
Guntur Medical College Guntur Medical College
Guntur Guntur
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I sincerely express my whole hearted gratitude to

Dr.D.Jagannath Rao, MD Professor and Head of the Department,
Department of Community Medicine, Guntur Medical College,
Guntur for his valuable guidance and support rendered during the
study.

I sincerely express my gratitude to Dr.A.Seetha Rama,

Professor, and Department of Community Medicine for constantly
being my side and helping to complete my dissertation work.

I am extremely thankful to the faculty members of

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for their kind
cooperation during my study.

I am also thankful to all faculty members in the Department

of Community Medicine for the cooperation and support given to
me during the dissertation work.

My sincere thanks to my post graduates colleagues who

have, have been by my side and helped me complete the study.

I express my sincere thanks to Dr.P.Rama Rao, Municipal

Health Officer, Guntur city for his kind cooperation.

I am also thankful to the Medical Officers of the Urban

Health Centers for helping me carryout this study.

I am thankful to the Anganwadi Teachers who have been

extremely helpful during the filed study. Last but not least, I am
thankful to all of the women for their kind cooperation and
participation in the study.

I am thankful to Ravi Teja and Prema Priya Sudarshan for

being helpful in the computerization of the study and printing the
dissertation work.

- Dr. Suhasini Vasireddy

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CONTENTS Page Nos.
No.
1. Introduction 1-37

2. Etiology, Clinical & Lab Diagnosis 38-55

3. Aims & Objectives 56

4. Materials and Methods 57-72

5. Review of Literature 73-93

6. Results

7. Discussion 96-99

8. Conclusions 100-101

9. Recommendations 102-103

10. Limitations 104

11. Bibliography 105-112

12. Annexure 113-114