CURABLE SEXUAL TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

CURABLE SEXUAL TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS [STIs]

THE SITUATIONS







Reproductive tract infections, which include sexually transmitted infections, threaten health both directly and indirectly. Complications from reproductive tract infections can be serious. Pelvic inflammatory diseases, for example, can cause infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pain. A mother with syphilis exposes her children to a risk of pneumonia, premature birth, low birth weight and blindness. And human papillomavirus [HPV] infection is strongly link to a risk of cervical cancer.
Some 340 million cases of curable STIs, caused mainly by bacteria, are estimatetd to occur world wide every year, the majority in developing countries. In many countries, STIs are among the top 5 conditions to which men and women sek care and thus constitute a considerable drain of resource-strapped health services.

Table: Estimated annual incidence of curable
Sexually transmitted diseases worldwide
Disease…………………New cases [million]
Gonorrhea..……………………..62
Chlamydial infection..………92
Syphilis…………………………..12
Trichomoniasis………………174
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Total…………………………....340

Table:…Estimated annual incidence and rate of STIs
In the age 15-49 by region and worldwide in 1999

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Region……………….New cases/year..Incidence/1000
……………………..…..[x1000]…….......15-49 year-olds

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North America…………...14 000……….90
Latin America and
The Caribbean………......38 000……..146
Western Europe………….17 000……….84
Eastern Europe and
…central Asia……………..22 000……..107
East Asia and the
Pacific………………….......18 000……….22
South and south-east
Asia…………………..........151 000……..158
Australia……………………...1000………..91
North Africa and the
Middle East……………...10 000………61
Sub-Saharan Africa…..69 000……257
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Total……………………...340 000…….112

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Source: World Health Organization, Geneva. 2002, p 32

What are the PROBLEMS?

What are the causes of STIs?
Can we treat and prevent the STIs ? Yes, we can.
How to treat and to prevent the STIs?

PROBLEM SOLVING OR SOLUTION

The answer of the questions as the solution of the problems of the STIs diseases will be described in the following below: