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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sti-numbers-alberta-outbreak-level-still-1.3933826
Gonorrhea and syphilis infections in Alberta still at outbreak levels
Edmonton health zone accounts for half of the reported cases across the province
CBC News Posted: Jan 13, 2017 3:59 PM MT Last Updated: Jan 13, 2017 3:59 PM MT
Sexually transmitted infections in Alberta are still at outbreak levels and health experts want the provincial government to spend more on prevention.
Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Karen Grimsrud, said health providers need to find new ways to reach at-risk groups, including young aboriginal women...
...There were roughly 3,400 cases of gonorrhea reported in Alberta in 2015, which marked an 80 per cent increase from 2014.
Full data for 2016 isn't yet available, but from January to November last year, there were 3,390 cases across the province, according to Alberta Health.
Half of those infections were in the Edmonton health zone, which saw 1,695 reported cases of gonorrhea in the first 11 months of last year.
The Calgary health zone, by contrast, saw 830 cases in the same period.
It's a similar story for infectious syphilis, with 350 cases reported in 2015, which doubled the count in 2014.
In the first 11 months of 2016, there were 360 cases of syphilis, 169 of which were in Edmonton...
Gonorrhea and syphilis infections in Alberta still at outbreak levels
Edmonton health zone accounts for half of the reported cases across the province
CBC News Posted: Jan 13, 2017 3:59 PM MT Last Updated: Jan 13, 2017 3:59 PM MT
Sexually transmitted infections in Alberta are still at outbreak levels and health experts want the provincial government to spend more on prevention.
Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Karen Grimsrud, said health providers need to find new ways to reach at-risk groups, including young aboriginal women...
...There were roughly 3,400 cases of gonorrhea reported in Alberta in 2015, which marked an 80 per cent increase from 2014.
Full data for 2016 isn't yet available, but from January to November last year, there were 3,390 cases across the province, according to Alberta Health.
Half of those infections were in the Edmonton health zone, which saw 1,695 reported cases of gonorrhea in the first 11 months of last year.
The Calgary health zone, by contrast, saw 830 cases in the same period.
It's a similar story for infectious syphilis, with 350 cases reported in 2015, which doubled the count in 2014.
In the first 11 months of 2016, there were 360 cases of syphilis, 169 of which were in Edmonton...