WHO Launches First Global Database On Prevalence Of Sexually Transmitted Infections

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new global database on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The open-access database is the first global platform to provide consolidated, standardized and quality-assured STI prevalence data from low- and middle-income countries from 2010 onwards. It addresses long-standing challenges in accessing reliable country- and population-specific data related to STIs, by bringing together both published and unpublished evidence from diverse sources in one place. “This database represents...