Genital infections, sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted infections

Americas

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Final Statement. Advisory Meeting: Integrating and strengthening responses to mpox, syphilis, and other STIs on the road to elimination. São Paulo, 3–4 April 2024 [2024]
  • New Generations Free of HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B, and Chagas Disease in the Americas. ETMI Plus [2019]
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections

Asia

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Expert Consultation on Advancing Implementation Research on Syphilis, HIV and Hepatitis in Asia, Guangzhou, China, 23-25 September 2017 : meeting report [2017]

Asia-Pacific

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • National HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programme Managers Meeting for Selected Asian and Pacific Island Countries, Manila, Philippines, 27-30 June 2017 : meeting report [2017]
  • Regional assessment of HIV, STI and other health needs of transgender people in Asia and the Pacific [2013]

Australia

• Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
  • Mycoplasma genitalium

• Australian Prescriber
  • Updating the management of sexually transmitted infections [2015]

Brazil

• Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • Public policies on sexually transmitted infections in Brazil [2021]
  • Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted infections 2020: approaching sexually active individuals [2021]
  • Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020: sexually transmitted enteric infections [2021]
  • Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020: infections that cause urethral discharge [2021]
  • Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020: infections that cause genital ulcers [2021]
  • Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020: human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection [2021]

Canada

• BC Centre for Disease Control
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections

• CMAJ
  • A practical approach to the diagnosis and management of chlamydia and gonorrhea [2023]

• Government of Alberta
  • Alberta sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections strategic framework 2018-2021

• Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections and Bloodborne Pathogens

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Stigma and sexually transmitted infections [2018]
  • Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Public Health Ontario
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Europe

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Progress towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 related to HIV, TB, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in the EU/EEA [2025]
  • Evidence brief: Progress towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 targets related to HIV, TB, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in the European Union and European Economic Area [2025]
  • Sexually transmitted infections

• International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • IUSTI 2024 European guidelines for the management of partners of persons with sexually transmitted infections [2024]
  • 2018 European guideline on the organization of a consultation for sexually transmitted infections [2019]
  • 2016 European guideline on Mycoplasma genitalium infections [2016]

• WHO European Region
  • Regional action plans for ending AIDS and the epidemics of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections 2022–2030 [2023]
  • Disruption in services for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO European Region: a scoping review [2022]
  • Consultation on the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) 2022-2030: virtual meeting report: Copenhagen, Denmark and online 16-17 June 2021 [2022]

Germany

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • The Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections [2016]

International

• Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
  • Genital ulcers caused by sexually transmitted agents [2022]

• BMJ Open
  • Viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in body fluids associated with sexual activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]
  • Systematic review of the literature on viral persistence and sexual transmission from recovered Ebola survivors: evidence and recommendations [2016]

• Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Web-Based Service Provision of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention, Testing, Linkage, and Treatment for Key Populations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2022]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Association between the infections of Trichomonas vaginalis and uterine cervical human papillomavirus: a meta-analysis [2023]

• New England Journal of Medicine
  • Ebola RNA Persistence in Semen of Ebola Virus Disease Survivors [2017]

• PLoS Medicine
  • The Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections [2017]

• PLoS ONE
  • Costing of National STI Program Implementation for the Global STI Control Strategy for the Health Sector, 2016-2021 [2017]

• UNAIDS
  • UNAIDS information/guidance note on the mpox response [2024]
  • The BBS-lite: A methodology for monitoring programmes providing HIV, viral hepatitis and sexual health services to people from key populations — UNAIDS–WHO 2024 Implementation Tool [2024]
  • Innovate, Implement, Integrate: Virtual interventions in response to HIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis [2022]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • Approach to an STI consultation in Primary Care

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Framework for Monitoring HIV/STI Services for Key Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean [2019]

Lusophone countries

• World Health Organization
  • Eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis as public health problems by 2030 in lusophone countries [2024]

New Zealand

• New Zealand Sexual Health Society
  • NZ STI Guidelines

Nigeria

• WHO African Region
  • Global health sector strategy on sexually transmitted infections 2016–2021: implementation framework for the African Region [2017]

Pacific Islands

• PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Chlamydial and gonorrheal neglected sexually transmitted diseases among Pacific Islanders of the Western Pacific Region-A narrative review and call to action [2023]

Papua New Guinea

• BMJ Open
  • Performance of syndromic management for the detection and treatment of genital Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis among women attending antenatal, well woman and sexual health clinics in Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study [2017]

Republic of Korea

• Investigative and Clinical Urology
  • Korean sexually transmitted infection guidelines 2023 revision, guideline update of viral infections: Genital herpes and anogenital warts [2024]
  • 2023 Korean sexually transmitted infections guidelines for non-gonococcal bacterial infection (chlamydia, syphilis, etc.) by the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation [2024]

• Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Applying the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate the Dissemination and Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sexually Transmitted Infections [2015]

South Africa

• Southern African HIV Clinicians Society
  • Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2022 guideline for the management of sexually transmitted infections: Moving towards best practice [2022]

Spain

• Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas
  • AEDV Expert Recommendations on the Management of Suppurative Sexually Transmitted Infections [2025]
  • AEDV Expert Document on the Management of Ulcerative Venereal Infections [2025]
  • Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) expert recommendations for the management of sexual transmitted parasitosis. Scabies, and pediculosis pubis [2024]
  • Expert Recommendations from the AEDV on Legal Aspects Surrounding the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases [2024]
  • AEDV Expert Consensus Document on the Organization of a Multidisciplinary Unit for Patients With or at Risk of Venereal Infections [2024]

Sri Lanka

• Ministry of Health Sri Lanka
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections Management Guidelines [2019]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Healthcare-Seeking behavior for sexually transmitted infections among women who initiated sexual intercourse at an early age in 22 Sub-Saharan African Countries: a multilevel analysis of 2018-2024 demographic and health survey data [2025]

Tajikistan

• Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
  • The costs of a sexually transmitted infection outreach and treatment programme targeting most at risk youth in Tajikistan [2009]

United Kingdom

• BMJ Open
  • Diagnosis and treatment of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in general practice in England 2000–2011: a population-based study using data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink [2015]

• British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
  • British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) United Kingdom national guideline for the management of sexually transmitted enteric infections 2023 [2023]
  • BASHH position statement on the inappropriate use of multiplex testing platforms and suboptimal antibiotic treatment regimens for bacterial sexually transmitted infections [2021]
  • Mycoplasma Genitalium 2018 [2018]

• Public Health England
  • Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of people from a Black Caribbean background: an evidence-based resource
  • Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

• UK Health Security Agency
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): migrant health guide
  • STI Prioritisation Framework
  • Investigating and managing outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

United States

• American Family Physician
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections: Updates From the 2021 CDC Guidelines [2022]
  • Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment [2022]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Prevalence and Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Correctional Settings: A Systematic Review [2022]
  • Recommendations for Providing Quality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Services, 2020 [2020]
  • Confidentiality Issues and Use of Sexually Transmitted Disease Services Among Sexually Experienced Persons Aged 15–25 Years — United States, 2013–2015 [2017]
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

• Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • A Position Statement on Mpox as a Sexually Transmitted Disease [2023]

• Guttmacher Institute
  • United States HIV & STIs

• Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • The Estimated Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Due to Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomoniasis in the United States in 2018 [2023]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections: Adopting a Sexual Health Paradigm [2021]

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

• New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
  • Prevention and Treatment of Mpox [2024]
  • Mycoplasma genitalium Management in Adults [2022]

• StatPearls
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • WHO global research priorities for sexually transmitted infections [2024]
  • Updated recommendations for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum and new recommendations on syphilis testing and partner services: Web Annex F. Evidence-to-decision framework and summary of findings tables for sexually transmitted infection (STI) partner services [2024]
  • Updated recommendations for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum and new recommendations on syphilis testing and partner services [2024]
  • Recommended package of interventions for HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for sex workers [2024]
  • Recommended package of interventions for HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for men who have sex with men [2024]
  • Mobilize for action on sexually transmitted infections – Berlin meeting report, October 2023 [2024]
  • Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030: report on progress and gaps 2024 [2024]
  • Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030: Report on progress and gaps 2024, second edition [2024]
  • Framework for monitoring sexually transmitted infections and strengthening surveillance [2024]
  • Recommended package of interventions for HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for people who inject drugs: policy brief [2023]
  • Policy brief on integrating related infections into HIV surveillance systems [2023]
  • Guide to conducting programme reviews for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections [2023]
  • Guidance for national strategic planning: health sector response to HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections [2023]
  • Policy brief: Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations [2022]
  • Global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022-2030 [2022]
  • Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations [2022]
  • Guidelines for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections [2021]
  • Global progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2021 [2021]
  • Assessment of country implementation of the WHO global health sector strategy for sexually transmitted infections (2016 –2021): results of a national survey [2021]
  • Accelerating the global Sexually Transmitted Infections response: report on the first informal Think-Tank meeting [2021]
  • Sexually transmitted infections: Evidence brief [2019]
  • Sexually transmitted infections: implementing the global STI strategy [2017]
  • Global health sector strategy on Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2016-2021 [2016]
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) [2013]
  • Expert consultation and review of the latest evidence to update guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections [2011]
  • Sexually transmitted and other reproductive tract infections. A guide to essential practice [2005]
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): Fact sheet
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • Global Sexually Transmitted Infections Programme
  • Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

• WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
  • Regional action plan for the implementation of the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022-2030 [2024]

WHO South-East Asia Region

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Control of sexually transmitted infections and global elimination targets, South-East Asia Region [2021]

• WHO South-East Asia Region
  • The annual meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on viral hepatitis, HIV and STI (STAG-HHS) in South-East Asia Region, jointly with the National Programme Managers Consultation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-15 June 2023 [2024]
  • Integrated Regional Action Plan for viral hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections in South-East Asia, 2022–2026 [2022]
  • Sexually transmitted infections

WHO Western Pacific Region

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections

{Related topics}

• Topic
  • Vulvitis, vaginitis
  • Syphilis
  • Sexually transmitted infections: treatment
  • Sexually transmitted infections: screening, diagnosis
  • Sexually transmitted infections: prevention
  • Sexually transmitted infections: epidemiology
  • Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy
  • Scabies
  • Pediculosis
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Male genital infections
  • Infertility, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy
  • Herpes
  • Hepatitis
  • HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Granuloma inguinale
  • Gonorrhea
  • Genital warts, HPV vaccine for men
  • Chlamydia infections
  • Chancroid
  • Cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology