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  • Title: World Health Organization: three hundred, thirty-three million new, STD curable cases in 1995.
    Journal: AIDS Wkly; 1995 Sep 18; ():15-6. PubMed ID: 12320247.
    Abstract:
    At least 333 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) will occur in the world in 1995 according to a recent study carried out by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Program on AIDS (GPA). The global toll of 333 million new cases is made up of 12 million new cases of syphilis, 62 million new cases of gonorrhea, 89 million new cases of chlamydia, and 170 million new cases of trichomonas. In industrialized societies the rates of syphilis and gonorrhea have declined over recent years, but other STDs such as chlamydia continue to be a major problem. The burden of the curable STDs include pelvic inflammatory disease; syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia can be passed on to infants during pregnancy and childbirth. Studies in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and North America have suggested that there is approximately a four times greater risk of becoming HIV infected if a person has a genital ulcer caused by syphilis. Research from Africa has demonstrated that adequate treatment of curable STDs leads to a major reduction in the incidence of new HIV infections. The adoption of safer sex practices and the increasing availability of condoms as a result of HIV have played an important role in declining rates of reported STDs in Zimbabwe, Thailand, Chile, and Costa Rica. In Sweden and Norway, a concerted attempt to treat all existing STDs led to a large scale reduction in curable STDs. WHO recommends a comprehensive approach to STDs; it recommends that STD care be integrated into maternal, child and family planning services; and it is also supporting the development of simple tests to diagnose STDs. The very high number of new infections indicate that the problem of STDs is far from being adequately addressed on a global level because of the lack of comprehensive policies and poor access to the necessary drugs in many countries.
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