The Directorate General of Health (DGS) is considering ending the anonymity of patients diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections, a report said this Friday. Newspaper. The goal is to help identify high-risk contacts and stop chains of transmission, allowing public health doctors to conduct epidemiological studies as with other contagious and notifiable diseases.
The latest annual epidemiological reports from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) revealed an increase in cases of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia in Europe and Portugal, especially among young people aged 20 to 24 years. Director General of Health Joana Machado expressed concern about the data. “We now have a problem with the anonymization of patients with sexually transmitted infections. This is a sensitive topic, but we must evolve and start by bringing these issues to the table,” he said.
In Portugal, the number of reported gonorrhea cases increased from 1,252 in 2021 to 2,253 in 2022. The number of reported cases of chlamydia increased from 914 in 2021 to 1,501 in 2022. The number of syphilis cases has also increased in Portugal, from 1,144 cases reported in 2021 to 1,534 in 2022.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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