Every Wednesday, a team of outreach workers from Courage Medicine set up at a different spot in Southwest Philadelphia.
"We try to come out, give out resources, provide testing or mpox vaccines," said Symantha Hawe, the outreach director of Courage Medicine. "We try to go throughout Philadelphia so if people can't get to us, we can get to them."Last month, the CDC reported a 12% decrease in new HIV infections across the U.S., but communities of color saw a smaller drop.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says it reviewed recent data trends in STIs. Similar to the HIV report, the department found both trends have decreased nationally but continue to disproportionally impact communities of color. Philadelphia has had an increase in both syphilis and gonorrhea since 2017, but a decrease in case reports of chlamydia.
Experts say that because chlamydia is largely asymptomatic, the decrease in cases is likely due to a COVID-related decrease in testing since 2017.Overall in Philadelphia, STI rates are inversely proportional to poverty with higher rates in North, Southwest, and South Philadelphia compared to other parts of the city.
"It's important people get comfortable speaking about sexual health and break that barrier, and get people the resources they need," said Hawer.
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