Health professionals have been asked to strengthen diagnosis as one of the sure ways of reducing Uganda’s disease burden for Sexually Transmitted Infected (STIs).
This after a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on Tuesday this week indicated that STIs such as Syphilis Gonorrhoea are on the rise in most regions of the world including here in Uganda.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the rising incidence of syphilis raises major concerns.
Speaking to Endigyito radio, Reproductive Health Uganda Executive Director Jackson Chekweko says to address this situation, health workers need to encourage their clients to always test for obstinate STIs such as Syphilis because if not treated it can stay in the body and be transmitted from generation to generation.
Chekweko adds that there is a need to strengthen surveillance and public awareness about health systems.
The UN indicated earlier, that globally, Sexually Transmitted Diseases are killing up to 2.5m people every year and some of those that are spreading rapidly include syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis.
DOUBLE YOUR EFFORTS, HEALTH WORKERS ASKED ON DIAGNOSING STIs
