Nina R. Creative Commons licencePeople living with HIV are 51% more likely to be diagnosed with at least one curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) than HIV-negative people, despite near universal HIV treatment coverage, a study in rural Uganda has found. Pregnant women living with HIV had an even higher rate of STIs.
The study, published in The Lancet Global Health, found that the most frequently curable STI with HIV in people with HIV was trichomonas, followed by active syphilis and gonorrhoea.
“Our results indicate that HIV programmes have failed to address non-HIV STI epidemics, especially among people living with HIV, and that these infections remain neglected diseases, ” comment the authors. “There is an urgent need to integrate STI care with HIV services in African settings.”
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