The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed, in a recent preliminary report, that in 2021 there was a 4.4% increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United Stateswhich means that 110,000 people contracted chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, or congenital syphilis in the period studied.
The report, which focuses on these four pathologies, warns that in the country at least 2.5 million people have some of these infections. Chlamydia continues to be the most common STI with 1.6 million cases in 2021, followed by gonorrhea (almost 700,000), and syphilis (171,000).
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The increase in STIs in the United States is causing concern among health authorities. Leandro Mena, director of the CDC’s Division of Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, stated that “The STI epidemic in the United States shows no signs of slowing down.”
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“It is imperative that we work to rebuild, innovate and expand prevention (of STIs) in the United StatesMena adds.
CDC STD Director, Dr. Leandro Mena, opens #STDConf22 by sharing key principles for turning the STI epidemic around:
• Increase accountability – CDC & STI programs can’t do it alone
• Re-envision STI prevention services
• Drive innovation pic.twitter.com/X3ASvwDXDc— CDC STD (@CDCSTD) September 19, 2022
Infection rates for some STDs, including gonorrhea and syphilis, have been rising for years, reaching historic figures in 2021.
The syphilis case rate reached its highest level since 1991, and the total number of infections reached its highest point in 73 years. HIV cases also registered a 16% increase in 2021.
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There is sector of the population that is most vulnerable to contracting an STI, women are more likely, as are gay and bisexual men, African-Americans, Indians, Hispanics, or Alaska Natives.
This is why the CDC urges authorities to issue a better preventive and educational control in vulnerable populations.
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), More than a million people contract a sexually transmitted infection every day.
In 2020 alone, the WHO estimates that there were 374 million new infections of one of these four STIs: chlamydiosis (129 million), gonorrhea (82 million), syphilis (7.1 million) and trichomoniasis (156 million).
Santiago Andres Venera Salazar
INTERNATIONAL WRITING
TIME
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