Ireland Recorded Highest Rate Of Gonorrhea In Europe In 2022

Ireland also had the third highest rate of Syphillis in the same year.

Ireland had the highest rate of Gonorrhea and the third highest for Syphilis in Europe two years ago.

New 2022 figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control looked at incidence rates for STIs.

Ireland had over 3,800 confirmed cases of gonorrhoea that year of a total of just under 71,000 in the European Area.

Sexual Health Services Manager at TUS Athlone, Laura Tully says this is considered a post-Covid phenomenon:

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