The absolute incidence and disability-adjusted life-years for STIs increased globally over 2 decades, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, according to a recently published study.
“Sexually transmitted infections are a major public health issue worldwide, but there is a paucity of literature on their burden and trends globally,” researchers wrote in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. “We aimed to assess the global disease burden and trends of STIs from 1990 to 2019.”
They conducted an observational trend study, collecting data on incident cases,