the drop in screening worries experts

Since the first confinement, the screening rate for sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) has fallen by 30% and could have consequences on the increase in cases.

The French have been tested less since the start of the pandemic, according to a study by Public Health France. In 2020, the number of screenings for sexually transmitted diseases decreased by 30% compared to 2019. Between February and April 2020, they had dropped drastically (-58%) before rising again in June 2020 (+ 12%). But this volume was not compensated for in the following months, since it relapsed in July (-6%). Asked by ” The world “, Dr Florence Lot explains that this drop is linked to the closure of screening centers during confinement in 2020. It will have a consequence on the circulation of bacterial diseases, such as chlamydia or even gonorrhea: “Who says late screening means diagnosis late, and greater circulation of these infections, with a snowball effect, ”says the specialist on a daily basis.

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STIs still poorly understood

“Chlamydia or gonococcal infections have been on the rise since the 2000s”, specifies Florence Lot to “Le Monde”. Between 2017 and 2019, they experienced an increase of 29% for chlamydia and 21% for gonococci, shows the latest SpF bulletin. So why is the subject so taboo and screening so little automatic? Catherine Fohet, doctor, treasurer of the National Federation of Colleges of Medical Gynecology, believes that

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