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Every day, more than one million people around the world contract a badually transmitted infection, the World Health Organization said last week. The rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis and syphilis are particularly worrying.
The majority of infections are easily preventable and curable. However, in a new report, the WHO said that some diseases, especially gonorrhea, evolved over time in so-called diseases. super bug forms. This makes them increasingly difficult to deal with drugs, or antibiotics.
"Sexually transmitted infections are everywhere. They are much more common than we think, "said Teodora Wi, MD, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO.
The WHO report shows that among men and women aged 15 to 49, there were 127 million new cases of chlamydia in 2016, 87 million gonorrhea, 6.3 million syphilis and 156 million of trichomoniasis.
The WHO based its report on 2016 data, the latest global information available.
Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are a "persistent and endemic health threat in the world, "said the WHO in its report.This means that they are ongoing and difficult to stop.The WHO also said that STIs have a significant effect on the health of adults and children.
If STIs are not treated, they can have serious long-term health effects. These include heart and nerve diseases, pregnancy-related problems and increased risk of HIV. An untreated STI also increases the risk of stillbirth – the birth of a baby is dead.
According to research, the only syphilis caused about 200,000 stillbirths and newborn deaths in 2016. In fact, it's one of the leading causes of baby loss in the world.
Peter Salama is the director of WHO's universal health coverage. He said the data showed the need for a " concerted effort "to ensure that everyone, anywhere in the world, can get the services needed to prevent and treat these diseases.
Sexual infections caused by bacteria can normally be treated and treated with widely available drugs. But a recent penicillin benzathine shortage has made it more difficult to control syphilis, the WHO study said. Increasing the resistance to drugs for the treatment of gonorrhea is another growing health threat.
Tim Jinks is a specialist in infectious diseases at the Wellcome Trust in Great Britain. global health charity. He told the Reuters news agency that the increase in the number of STI cases was alarmingespecially because some antibiotics seem to become less effective.
"The high number of cases of gonorrhea is particularly worrying," he wrote in an email. "We are seeing more and more implications "super-gonorrhea" that's virtually impossible to treat. "
The study and data appear online in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
I am Anne Ball.
Kate Kelland of the Reuters news agency reported this story. Anne Ball adapted the story for VOA Learning English. Ashley Thompson was the editor.
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Words in this story
super bug – not. bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics used today
antibiotics – not. a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria and cure infections
transmit – v. provoke (a virus, a disease, etc.) to give to others
persistent – adj. continuing beyond the usual, expected or normal time: do not stop or leave
endemic – adj. growing or existing in a place or region
concerted – adj. done in a planned and deliberate manner, usually by several people
global – adj. involving the whole world
charity – not. an organization that helps the poor and sick
alarming – adj. to feel a sense of danger to someone, to worry or frighten him or her
impact – not. the number of times something happens or develops: the speed at which something happens
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