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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have increased in the region of Tarapacá, according to the results of a report of the Seremian Epidemiology Unit of Salud.
The most worrying situation is related to the figures for gonorrhea whose incidence rate increased from three per 100,000 population in 2008 to 57 in 2017.
The majority cases are concentrated in the population under 29 years 73%; with Iquique and Alto Hospicio reporting 96% of patients.
Syphilis also increased, albeit moderately, in contrast to the previous one.
If in 2008, the incidence rate was 43.3, in In 2017, it reached 57.8 . 79% of cases are between 20 and 49 years old, with Iquique and Alto Hospicio accounting for 94% of cases.
However, their peak was recorded in 2009, when the results showed a rate
The rate of HIV reached 18.4 in 2017, against 10.3 in 2008. Its peak was reached in 2013 with 33 people a year. Finally, AIDS, the final stage of HIV, recorded a rate of of 13 in 2017 out of 9.3 in 2008. Its peak is however produced in 2016, with 35.2 people.
Men are most affected by this virus at least in Tarapacá, as four women are infected, most between 20 and 49 years old.
According to La Estrella de Arica, Manuel Fernández, director of health, worries about the situation.
During a conversation with the media, the Regional Health Authority manager concluded that "today the patient is losing his fear of certain diseases ".
"Therefore, preventative measures, such as the use of condoms, are not taken seriously: more than 50% of those surveyed said they had never used a condom", -he declares.
Fernandez explained that ministerial work would henceforth be aimed at two directions.
On the one hand, they will strengthen the teams of the Health Service to improve and increase the diagnostic capacity of and case notification .
On the other hand, he admitted that they had to concentrate their work and "to make more in the community do more prevention and education."
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