Fiji tops chlamydia list
FIJI has the highest number of chlamydia cases in the Pacific.
This was revealed at a sexually transmitted infections (STI) training workshop for health workers yesterday.
According to Dr Sophaganine Ty Ali, an STI adviser with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, in 2008, 26.8 per cent of pregnant women in Fiji suffered from chlamydia.
This statistic has placed Fiji as having the highest prevalence of chlamydia in pregnant women in the Pacific.
"There is an urgent need to do more testing and treatment of STIs and to address asymptomatic STI cases and focus on other STIs such as gonorrhea and syphilis," she said.
She stressed the need to link STI control to human immuno deficiency (HIV) testing and behaviours changes and to place stronger emphasis on strategic health communication.
"Chlamydia rates in the Pacific are higher than some countries in Asia and Africa," she said.
This was revealed at a sexually transmitted infections (STI) training workshop for health workers yesterday.
According to Dr Sophaganine Ty Ali, an STI adviser with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, in 2008, 26.8 per cent of pregnant women in Fiji suffered from chlamydia.
This statistic has placed Fiji as having the highest prevalence of chlamydia in pregnant women in the Pacific.
"There is an urgent need to do more testing and treatment of STIs and to address asymptomatic STI cases and focus on other STIs such as gonorrhea and syphilis," she said.
She stressed the need to link STI control to human immuno deficiency (HIV) testing and behaviours changes and to place stronger emphasis on strategic health communication.
"Chlamydia rates in the Pacific are higher than some countries in Asia and Africa," she said.
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