Who Warns Of More Than One Million Cases Of Stds Reported Worldwide

Diseases in this category include gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis and trichomonas infections. In addition, emerging outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections such as monkeypox, Shigella sonnei, Neisseria meningitidis, Ebola and Zika, as well as the resurgence of neglected sexually transmitted diseases such as lymphogranuloma venereum, portend increasing challenges in providing adequate services. for STD prevention and control. The Global Health Sector Strategies (GHSS) sets ambitious targets to reduce new cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis. increase the proportion of girls fully vaccinated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine by age 15; increase the proportion of women screened for cervical cancer; and number of countries reporting antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme. For this reason, the WHO called for intensified social communication work to explain about STDs, adopt safer sexual practices and seek treatment. pll/mv/joe