The WHO report just released this weekend shows that within just 1 year, the whole world could have 127 million more people with chlamydia, 87 million people with smuggling disease, 6.3 million cases of giang156 million cases of trichomonas and many other diseases. On average, more than 1 million people suffer from sexually transmitted diseases of all kinds every day.
The most worrying of which is the increasing rate of drug resistance smuggling, leading to cases of "super smuggling diseases", with symptoms similar to familiar smuggling diseases but cannot be cured by conventional methods.
For Syphilis, a major concern is a global shortage of penicillin benzathine, an antibiotic suitable for this disease.
Ms. Teodora Wi, an expert from WHO's reproductive health research unit, commented: "The disease is transmitted through sexual intercourse everywhere. They are much more popular than we think."
WHO believes that sexually transmitted diseases are "an endemic and persistent health threat worldwide". It has a profound impact on both adults and children. If left untreated, these diseases can lead to serious and chronic effects on patients, including neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, infertility, extra-uternum fetus, stillbirth, and increased risk of HIV infection.
According to Peter Salama, WHO's executive director for global health insurance, there needs to be a coordinated effort to ensure that people, anywhere in the world, can access the services needed to prevent and treat sexually transmitted diseases.
The results of the study and the data are published online in the Official Newsletter of WHO (Bulletin of the World Health Organization).
