STI rates on the rise in Alberta, drawing calls for an expanded public health response
Alberta’s former chief medical officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw declared a syphilis outbreak in July 2019. In August, 2021,
Province-wide, the number of HIV cases rose by 17.2 per cent from the previous year, while chlamydia cases increased by 19.4 per cent.Article content “We have to be able to offer that testing, that support and treatments in an accessible way,” he said. Bourdeau added the government would continue to make “targeted investments to prevent infections and to provide wrap-around supports for people living with these infections.”
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