Why a surge in sexually transmitted infections in Europe should worry everybody | Peter Beyer
A billboard in Hollywood put up by the Aids Healthcare Foundation to warn of drug-resistant gonorrhoea. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA billboard in Hollywood put up by the Aids Healthcare Foundation to warn of drug-resistant gonorrhoea. This resurgence should be taken not as an anomaly but as an early warning sign for how other drug-resistant infections are also spreading all around us.Too often, drug resistance is framed as a problem confined to hospital settings – threatening those in intensive care units or cancer wards.
- ▪A billboard in Hollywood put up by the Aids Healthcare Foundation to warn of drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
- ▪Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA billboard in Hollywood put up by the Aids Healthcare Foundation to warn of drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
- ▪This resurgence should be taken not as an anomaly but as an early warning sign for how other drug-resistant infections are also spreading all around us.Too often, drug resistance is framed as a problem confined to hospital settings – threat
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A billboard in Hollywood put up by the Aids Healthcare Foundation to warn of drug-resistant gonorrhoea. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA billboard in Hollywood put up by the Aids Healthcare Foundation to warn of drug-resistant gonorrhoea. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesOpinionGlobal developmentWhy a surge in sexually transmitted infections in Europe should worry everybodyPeter BeyerDrug-resistant bacteria are no longer confined to hospital settings but are spreading into communities in every countrySupported byAbout this contentTue 30 Jun 2026 02.00 EDTShareWhy should a surge in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Europe be a concern across Africa or for people who don’t consider themselves to be at risk? Because it points to a…
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