All STIs are curable.

Abstinence is the choice not to participate in any sexual activity

Recording and Reporting on STI patients and syndromes treated at health centres will help to identify trends in disease patterns and plays an important role in planning strategies of disease prevention and control.

All bacterial STIs are curable and can be cured with antibiotics.

STIs are transmitted through sexual intercourse only

The Syndromic Management works through a series of flow-charts that guides to identify and treat STI syndromes.

Herpes sores heal on their own after one to two weeks, but the virus stays in the body after the sores are healed, causing outbreaks

In herpes simplex virus (HSV); enlarged, non-fluctuant and non- tender inguinal lymph nodes are most common in primary infection

Trichomoniasis , Bacterial Vaginosis and Candidiasis are the commonest causes of vaginal infection in women of reproductive age.

As long as you don’t see the Herpes blisters on a person, a person is not infectious.