Report: Kenyans will still be battling gonorrhoea in 2030
A new WHO report warns that Kenya is unlikely to meet the 2030 goal of eliminating sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhea. Factors such as funding cuts, weak health systems, and increasing drug resistance are cited as primary obstacles.
Why it matters
The persistence of STIs as a public health threat highlights the fragility of global health progress and the need for sustained investment in disease control.
The world set a goal to end these diseases as public health threats by 2030. Kenyans will still be battling common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2030, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report has warned.
The report cites weak health systems, funding cuts, and growing resistance to drugs used to treat STIs such as gonorrhoea.
Launched during the International AIDS Conference last week, the report assessed global progress in combating HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections since 2022.
The world set a goal of ending these diseases as public health threats by 2030.
However, the report found that the fight against STIs is falling behind. Gonorrhoea and syphilis cases are rising in many places, while the drugs used to treat gonorrhoea are becoming less effective.
WHO Director General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said the findings present two contrasting realities.
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