As STI’s Rise, Public Health Now Emphasizes Treatment as Prevention Over Condoms

With sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence rising markedly worldwide, public health increasingly emphasizes treatment as prevention. While condoms were once integral to public health campaigns aimed at preventing STIs, particularly at the height of the AIDS crisis, this is much less the case today.

The U.S. tallied 2.5 million STIs in 2021, many of which could have been averted with the use of condoms. Among the STIs, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections have been rising the fastest. Meanwhile, condom use has steadily declined, in spite of being one of the most effective ways of curbing the spread of sexually communicable diseases. Read more from Forbes here.