Curable STDs

There are over 40 diseases that can be transmitted through sexual contact, but only the most common ones are included in the usual textbooks and statistics. Thus, lists of STDs may change over time and include more or fewer diseases depending on their prevalence. The present course covers the most important STDs today, but it can easily be amended as circumstances require.
The STDs are usually divided into two major groups - viral and bacterial infections. In addition, there are infections by protozoa and infestations of pubic lice and scabies. The latter and the bacterial infections are curable today. The viral infections, however, are not yet curable and therefore require special prevention efforts. In order to underline this point, we have here divided our discussion into that of curable and incurable diseases. The following first section describes the curable STDs. They remain a major health problem in many countries.

Global Incidence of Curable STDs in millions
333 million new cases of curable STDs in 1995, ages 15-49

Source: WHO, 1995