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Correspondence on ‘Increasing awareness and surveillance of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents is an essential element of HIV epidemic control in sub-Saharan Africa’ by Murewanhema et al
  1. Grant Murewanhema1,
  2. Enos Moyo2,
  3. Tafadzwa Dzinamarira3,4
  1. 1University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
  2. 2College of Health Sciences University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
  3. 3University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  4. 4Columbia University ICAP, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tafadzwa Dzinamarira; anthonydzina{at}gmail.com

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HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STIs), including gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis and syphilis, remain significant public health challenges, especially in low-to-middle income countries like those in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The WHO estimates one million new STI cases daily, with a disproportionate burden on adolescent girls and young women. It is estimated that every week, 4000 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years acquired HIV globally in 2023, with 3100 of …

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  • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

  • Contributors GM conceptualised and wrote the first draft. All coauthors contributed to the writing and editing of the manuscript.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer-reviewed.