Dr Lewis has received royalties for contribution to textbooks A Practical Guide to Vulval Disease. Ridley's 'The Vulva' 3 rd edition and honoraria for teaching on dermatology. She is a Council member of the European College for the Study of Vulval Disease. Professor Tiplica has received lecture honoraria from Antibiotice SA and Novartis Pharma. He is chair of IUSTI Europe and president of the Romanian Association of Dermato-Venereologists. Dr Sherrard is a Member of the European Sexually Transmitted Infections Guidelines Editorial Board; and she is an officer of the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (membership secretary