The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cases around the world is rapidly increasing, causing a "major public health burden," according to a new report. The findings, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, highlighted four curable STIs - trichomoniasis, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis - that account for more than 1 million new infections every day. The majority of the cases involved adults between ages 15 and 49.
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9 million of whom were men and 3.9 million were women - and there were 230,000 syphilis-related deaths. That is a 12.
7 percent increase from the 7.1 million cases reported in 2020, according to the report. There has also been a surge in the rate of associated congenital syphilis, which happens when a baby is born with the infection caused by the transmission of the Treponema pallidum - an agent of syphilis - from their mother during childbirth.
The congenital syphilis case rate per 100,000 live births increased from 425 to 523 between 2020 and 2022. The globa.
