Estimation of the incidence and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections
Report of a WHO consultation, Treviso, Italy | 27 February - 1 March 2002
Reference Number: WHO/HIV/2002.14
The consultation on the estimation of STI prevalence and incidence had the following objectives:
- to determine the strengths, weaknesses and appropriateness of the current WHO approach to estimating the prevalence and incidence of STIs;
- to identify the STIs or syndromes that are most appropriate for surveillance and the most appropriate methods for deriving estimates of their incidence and prevalence;
- to identify structural surveillance needs within countries;
- to determine the utility and feasibility of using specific STI data as indicators of HIV risk behaviour within the concept of second-generation HIV surveillance; and
- to make recommendations for how the data collected can best be used to prevent STIs and to improve the care of individuals with STIs or their outcomes.