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News Scan for Jun 06, 2019
Global STI burden; World Food Safety Day
Filed Under:
Sexually Transmitted Infections; Foodborne Disease
[h=3]WHO: 1 million new STIs diagnosed each day[/h] Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis?four curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?have not declined significantly since 2012, according to a report today from the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, as many as 1 million diagnoses of these STIs are made each day, representing an enormous public health burden.
The report estimated rates of STIs in 15- to 49-year-olds globally in 2016. There were 127 million new cases of chlamydia in 2016, 87 million of gonorrhea, 6.3 million of syphilis, and 156 million of trichomoniasis. This means that about 1 in 25 people globally has an STI at any given time, with many having more than one infection concurrently, the WHO said.
"We're seeing a concerning lack of progress in stopping the spread of sexually transmitted infections worldwide," said Peter Salama, MD, executive director for Universal Health Coverage and the Life-Course at WHO. "This is a wake-up call for a concerted effort to ensure everyone, everywhere can access the services they need to prevent and treat these debilitating diseases."
All four of the studied STIs are treatable with antibiotics, and preventable with correct condom use, the agency said. However, global shortages of benzathine penicillin have made treating syphilis challenging in some parts of the world, and drug-resistant gonorrhea is a persistent threat in many countries.
Jun 6 WHO news release
Jun 6 WHO report
[h=3]Safe, sustainable food systems focus of first UN World Food Safety Day[/h] Tomorrow the United Nations (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, and the WHO will mark the first World Food Safety Day, which aims to strengthen the safety and security of food.
Food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemicals sicken 600 million people each year.
"Unsafe food kills an estimated 420,000 people every year. These deaths are entirely preventable," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, WHO director-general, in a WHO news release. "World Food Safety Day is a unique opportunity to raise awareness about the dangers of unsafe food with governments, producers, handlers and consumers. From farm to plate, we all have a role to play in making food safe."
According to the WHO, children under age 5 carry 40% of the foodborne disease burden, with 125,000 deaths every year.
In a new report on the burden of foodborne diseases in the European region, WHO authors said that every minute 44 people in that region become sick after eating tainted food?or more than 23 million a year.
Diarrheal illnesses account for the largest percentage of foodborne diseases in Europe, with norovirus estimated to cause 15 million cases, followed by Campylobacter, which is responsible for almost 5 million illnesses annually. Overall diarrheal diseases are responsible for 94% of foodborne illnesses, 63% of related deaths, and 57% of the disease burden.
Jun 6 WHO press release
Jun 5 WHO European region report
News Scan for Jun 06, 2019
Global STI burden; World Food Safety Day
Filed Under:
Sexually Transmitted Infections; Foodborne Disease
[h=3]WHO: 1 million new STIs diagnosed each day[/h] Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis?four curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?have not declined significantly since 2012, according to a report today from the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, as many as 1 million diagnoses of these STIs are made each day, representing an enormous public health burden.
The report estimated rates of STIs in 15- to 49-year-olds globally in 2016. There were 127 million new cases of chlamydia in 2016, 87 million of gonorrhea, 6.3 million of syphilis, and 156 million of trichomoniasis. This means that about 1 in 25 people globally has an STI at any given time, with many having more than one infection concurrently, the WHO said.
"We're seeing a concerning lack of progress in stopping the spread of sexually transmitted infections worldwide," said Peter Salama, MD, executive director for Universal Health Coverage and the Life-Course at WHO. "This is a wake-up call for a concerted effort to ensure everyone, everywhere can access the services they need to prevent and treat these debilitating diseases."
All four of the studied STIs are treatable with antibiotics, and preventable with correct condom use, the agency said. However, global shortages of benzathine penicillin have made treating syphilis challenging in some parts of the world, and drug-resistant gonorrhea is a persistent threat in many countries.
Jun 6 WHO news release
Jun 6 WHO report
[h=3]Safe, sustainable food systems focus of first UN World Food Safety Day[/h] Tomorrow the United Nations (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, and the WHO will mark the first World Food Safety Day, which aims to strengthen the safety and security of food.
Food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemicals sicken 600 million people each year.
"Unsafe food kills an estimated 420,000 people every year. These deaths are entirely preventable," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, WHO director-general, in a WHO news release. "World Food Safety Day is a unique opportunity to raise awareness about the dangers of unsafe food with governments, producers, handlers and consumers. From farm to plate, we all have a role to play in making food safe."
According to the WHO, children under age 5 carry 40% of the foodborne disease burden, with 125,000 deaths every year.
In a new report on the burden of foodborne diseases in the European region, WHO authors said that every minute 44 people in that region become sick after eating tainted food?or more than 23 million a year.
Diarrheal illnesses account for the largest percentage of foodborne diseases in Europe, with norovirus estimated to cause 15 million cases, followed by Campylobacter, which is responsible for almost 5 million illnesses annually. Overall diarrheal diseases are responsible for 94% of foodborne illnesses, 63% of related deaths, and 57% of the disease burden.
Jun 6 WHO press release
Jun 5 WHO European region report