Shadawn McCants

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By Shadawn McCants Imagine a young African American woman in her early twenties going to her local health department’s STI testing and treatment center. Her test results come back positive for chlamydia and syphilis, which require three rounds of antibiotics. She receives the  first and second treatments, but unfortunately, as tends to happen in Black communities, she doesn’t return for her final treatment.