{"id":20041,"date":"2024-05-30T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20041"},"modified":"2024-05-30T11:58:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T11:58:25","slug":"rising-syphilis-cases-in-the-americas-a-growing-health-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/rising-syphilis-cases-in-the-americas-a-growing-health-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Syphilis Cases in the Americas: A Growing Health Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>New cases of syphilis among adults aged 15 to 49 are on the rise in the Americas, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alarming trend was highlighted by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus in a statement addressing the global increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Syphilis, a bacterial infection, initially presents as a painless sore on the genitals, rectum, or mouth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It spreads through direct contact with these sores during sexual activity. Dr. Ghebreyesus emphasized the significant rise in syphilis cases in the Americas and the African Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;New syphilis cases among adults aged 15-49 years increased by nearly 1 million in 2022, reaching 8 million. There were also 230,000 syphilis-related deaths,&#8221; Dr. Ghebreyesus reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to syphilis, the WHO noted an increase in cases of multi-resistant gonorrhoea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization&#8217;s updated treatment recommendations aim to curb the spread of this resistant strain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enhanced antimicrobial resistance surveillance in 87 countries revealed that nine countries reported elevated resistance levels to the last line of treatment for gonorrhoea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As of 2023, out of 87 countries where enhanced gonorrhoea antimicrobial resistance surveillance was conducted, nine countries reported elevated levels of resistance to the last line of treatment for gonorrhoea,&#8221; Dr. Ghebreyesus explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming World Health Assembly, scheduled from May 27 to June 1, 2024, will address these pressing health issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s assembly is set to be one of the most significant in the WHO&#8217;s 76-year history, with discussions focusing on strengthening the global pandemic response and preparedness framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New cases of syphilis among adults aged 15 to 49 are on the rise in the Americas, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The alarming&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20043,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions\/20043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}