WHO Report Details “Major” Increase In STIs In 2022

According to Healio (5/24, Feller), “WHO reported a ‘major’ increase in STIs in 2022, specifically highlighting an increase in syphilis and an insufficient decline in new HIV and viral hepatitis infections.” The report found “four curable STIs – chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis – account for more than 1 million infections globally every day. Cases of syphilis among people aged 15 to 49 years increased by more than a million worldwide in 2022, reaching eight million infections, according to the WHO report.”