Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Esselen Street Hillbrow, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa.
Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Global Health. 2018 Jan 16;14(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0331-3.
The Sustainable Development Goals present an opportunity to reimagine and then reconfigure the approach to controlling sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The predilection of STIs for women and for vulnerable populations means that services that ameliorate STIs, by their nature, enhance equity, a key focus of the goals. Given the considerable breadth and depth of the goals, it is important to locate points of convergence between the SDGs and STIs, further craft synergies with HIV and select a few population groups and settings to prioritise. There are many opportunities for STI aficionados in this era to advance the field and global control of these infections.
可持续发展目标为重新构想和调整控制性传播感染(STIs)的方法提供了机会。性传播感染偏爱女性和弱势群体,这意味着改善性传播感染的服务从本质上增强了公平性,这是目标的一个关键重点。考虑到目标的广度和深度,重要的是要找到可持续发展目标和性传播感染之间的交汇点,进一步与艾滋病毒形成协同作用,并选择一些重点人群和重点地区。在这个时代,性传播感染爱好者有很多机会来推动该领域和这些感染的全球控制。