Global Burden of Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Most common STIs According to WHO, more than 1 million Sexually Transmitted Diseases are acquired every day. As per estimates presented in 2016, 376 million new infections with 1 of 4 STIs: chlamydia (127 million), gonorrhoea (87 million), syphilis (6.3 million) and trichomoniasis (156 million) were reported. Sexually Transmitted Diseases are a global problem, they have quite a high prevalence in the low- and middle-income countries. Despite several awareness programmes and campaigns by health organisations, government and NGOs, the prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases is continuously rising. The WHO, along with local governments, is actively working on various STDs control programs to slow its spread worldwide.



