The HIV rate has decreased, but the indicators of all other sexually transmitted infections have skyrocketed. Syphilis cases have doubled and gonorrhea has increased by up to 40% in the last five years.
That Madrid registers these figures is explained by the growing use of drugs to have more intense sex, a decrease in condom use and a high diagnostic capacity. The Community of Madrid will approve a new STI prevention and care plan in the third quarter of 2024, as part of a package of measures to stop this public health problem.