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Sexually transmitted diseases on rise in Mongolia: local media

Xinhua, December 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Infection of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), which accounted for 50-70 percent of all infectious disease cases this year in Mongolia, is on the rise in the country, local media reported.

There were 12,000 cases of STD infection as of October 2015, among which 5,000 were cases of syphilis infection. As for the demographic feature of those infected, 40 percent were unemployed, 13 percent were students and 10 percent were teenagers, according to a report aired by NTV on Tuesday.

Dr. J. Narantuya, technical officer of the World Health Organization's Mongolia representative office, urged the government to provide information on the prevention of STD infections and educate the youth, who he said need to change sexual practices and behaviors.

According to Narantuya, the increase in cases of STD infection contributes to growing HIV/AIDS patients in Mongolia.

Ch. Urtnasan, head of the press and information unit of the Mongolian National Research Center for Infectious Diseases, said that many of the STD figures are recurring cases, and that many of the infected are from the low-income population segment, who can't afford medicines. Endi