Abstract
Public policies on sexually transmitted infections in Brazil
Highlights
This article presents a brief history of public policies to address sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Brazil
Parturients attended in public maternity hospitals had a 9.8% prevalence of chlamydia and 1.0% of gonorrhea in 20116, and men who sought care in STI clinics in 2005, 13.1% of chlamydia and 18.4% of gonorrhea[7]
In 2016, higher syphilis rates were observed in key population segments, such as men who have sex with men (9.9%)[12], female sex workers (8.5%)[13] and prisoners (3.8%)[14]
Summary
Angélica Espinosa Miranda[1],[2], Francisca Lidiane Sampaio Freitas[1],[3], Mauro Romero Leal de Passos[4], Miguel Angel Aragón Lopez[5] and Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira[1]. Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brasil. Universidade de Brasília, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Brasília, DF, Brasil. Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Niterói, RJ, Brasil. Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Unidade Técnica de Doenças Transmissíveis e Determinantes Ambientais da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil
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