Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) pose serious and continuing risks to the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of men and women globally. Consequences of STI infection include both female and male infertility, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirths, chronic disease and death in babies, and cervical cancer. Because the presence of another STI can increase the likelihood of HIV transmission, controlling STIs is an important strategy for preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. 

FHI's research and programmatic efforts work to reduce STI prevalence by strengthening public health response to STIs; improving the quality of STI preventative and curative services; developing and implementing interventions for groups with the highest rates of STI exposure; improving the reliability of surveillance and evaluation data to guide control efforts and measure progress; supporting the use of more focused disease-control measures to reduce the prevalence of specific STIs; and generating and disseminating evidence-based information to guide global STI prevention efforts. Our work includes the testing of STI interventions in a variety of populations.