Sexual infections have doubled in the last year in the Basque Country and HIV cases remain
According to the 2024 report of the Plan for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections released today by the Basque Government, 5,305 cases of clams, gonorrhea and syphilis were detected last year.
Presentation of the 2024 Plan for AIDS and sexually transmitted infections.
Cases of sexually transmitted infection continue to increase. In the last year , infections of clamdia, gonorrhea and syphilis have doubled in the Basque Country, while cases of HIV (125 cases last year) have continued, according to data published this morning by the Basque Government's Department of Health.
In 2024, 125 HIV cases were diagnosed in the Basque Country, a figure that has remained unchanged in the last five years since the pandemic.
As for the most common sexually transmitted infections, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis, they have all increased exponentially. Specifically, in 2024, 2954 cases of chlamydia, 1861 cases of gonorrhoea and 490 cases of syphilis were diagnosed.
There has been an increase in almost every age group, especially between the ages of 20 and 34.
The 2024 memoirs of the Plan for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections this morning were presented and attended by the Basque Government's Health Adviser, Alberto Martínez, the coordinator of the AIDS and STI Plan in Osakidetza, Dr. Oskar Ayerdi, and the president of the Federation of Basque Sida Associations, Marco Imbert.
The Chief Executive has stressed that the continuing increase in cases of sexually transmitted infection is a real problem for public health.
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