Ros Chown obituary

My wife, Ros Chown, who has died aged 71, spent most of her working career as a sexual health adviser (SHA) in genito-urinary medicine in Cambridge, Wakefield and Torbay.

She was an active member of the Society of Health Advisors in Sexual Transmitted Diseases and contributed to the Department of Health’s Handbook for Sexual Health Advisers (2004). Ros was a strong advocate of the public health role of SHAs in reducing sexually transmitted infections through advice on safe sex and contraception,…