Rise in gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV rates partially due to reduced use of condoms across range of demographics, pathologists say
Australia’s rise in STI cases has not had a parallel increase in testing rates, doctors say, urging people to get tested regularly.Australia’s rise in STI cases has not had a parallel increase in testing rates, doctors say, urging people to get tested regularly.
Dr Christine Selvey, NSW Health’s director of its communicable diseases branch, sent a letter in June warning general practitioners that gonorrhoea cases in the state had increased by almost 20% from 2022 to 2023, and were rising even further this year. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup
RCPA highlighted that Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders faced substantially higher rates of STIs compared with non-Indigenous Australians. For example, chlamydia diagnoses among Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders were twice as common as in non-Indigenous individuals, while for gonorrhoea and syphilis, the prevalence was more than five times higher, the college said.
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