Syphilis Cases Increased More than 80% in Argentina and UNLP Specialists Alert for Impact on Young People
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The national syphilis rate has reached its highest level in the country's history, with one age group doubling its infections in four years and challenging prejudices about sexuality in old age. Between 2021 and 2025, the number of cases among women aged 60 and over rose from 14.4 to 28.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. A new partner, an unexpected date, or a relationship beginning after many years can happen at any age, even after 60. What doesn't alw…
According to data from the last National Epidemiology Bulletin (BEN), 31,338 cases were accumulated in the general population, compared with an average of 17,336 cases for the same period in the years 2025 to 2025. The difference represents an increase of 80.8 per cent and confirms a trend that has been growing steadily in recent years. The increase is also observed among pregnant people and in cases of congenital syphilis. 7,044 diagnoses accum…
According to the National Epidemiological Bulletin (BEN), 31,338 cases were accumulated in the general population, a figure that represents an increase of 80.8 per cent over the average recorded for the same period between 2022 and 2025. The comparison shows the magnitude of the phenomenon: during those four years the cumulative average had been 17,336 cases. Growth is also observed among pregnant women, with 7,044 diagnoses during 2026, compare…
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) grow at a sustained pace in Argentina, according to the latest available data. Although the historical series of the National Epidemiological Bulletin (NBE) shows a pogressive increase in cases during the period 1994–2006, although the values did not exceed 10,000 annual records, the curve began to accelerate from 2015. By 2019, 25,225 cases had been reported - almost three times more than four years before…
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