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Abstract

Background

Epidemics of sexually transmitted infections (STI) are a major public health challenge in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region.

Aim

We aimed to provide an overview of case reporting and other surveillance data for syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia for the non-European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries of the Centre and East part of the WHO European Region as per classification used by the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Methods

Data were provided by the surveillance agencies of the Member States for the period 2015 to 2019 through the WHO/Europe Communicable Diseases Annual Reporting Form. We analysed reported cases, explored data reported to the WHO Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (GASP) and performed a review of publications on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in gonorrhoea in the period 2015 to 2020 using systematic methodology.

Results

From 2015 to 2019, in most of the countries with three or more data points, there was a pattern of decrease in reported syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia cases, which is in contrast to the EU/EEA. The number of reported cases per 100,000 population was 0.4–26.5 for syphilis, 0–18.5 for gonorrhoea and 0–43.3 for chlamydia. Four countries reported recent data on AMR in gonorrhoea to GASP, and we identified further publications from Georgia, Russia and Ukraine.

Conclusion

We found wide heterogeneity in reported rates of STI. There is a strong need to improve availability and quality of STI surveillance data in the non-EU/EEA countries.

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Surveillance and epidemiology of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia in the non-European Union countries of the World Health Organization European Region, 2015 to 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Jelena+Barbaric&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Barbaric Jelena</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Giorgi+Kuchukhidze&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kuchukhidze Giorgi</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nicole+Seguy&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Seguy Nicole</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Elena+Vovc&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vovc Elena</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Josefina+Theresa+Babovic&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Babovic Maria Josefina Theresa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Teodora+Elvira+Wi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wi Teodora Elvira</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daniel+Low-Beer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Low-Beer Daniel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ivana+Bozicevic&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bozicevic Ivana</a></span>. Surveillance and epidemiology of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia in the non-European Union countries of the World Health Organization European Region, 2015 to 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(8):pii=2100197. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.8.2100197" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.8.2100197</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 05 Feb 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 06 Aug 2021 </span> </p>
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