About This Course

More than 1 million sexual transmitted infections (STIs) are acquired every day worldwide. Vertical transmissions of STIs can result in stillbirth, neonatal death, prematurity and congenital deformities in newborns. Untreated STIs in women can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility in women. An estimated 500 million people are estimated living with genital herpes and about 300 million women have human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, the primary cause of cervical cancer and anal cancer of men who have sex with men.

This STI course part 2 is open for all AHF healthcare workers who successfully have followed part 1 of the STI course.

In this 2 weeks course part 2 we discuss the etiological diagnosis and treatment of STIs such as Gonorrhea, Chlamydia infections, HPV infections and others, and we also discuss STI prevention and control, and vaccinations against STIs.

This course is highly recommended to be followed by all AHF healthcare workers involved in HIV care and is awarded with 3.5 CME credit hours. It was prepared by Dr. Clemens Richter, CME consultant AHF in cooperation with and reviewed by Dr. Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Senior Global Medical Director and Dr. Fernanda Fonseca, Associate Global Medical Director.