![]() By end of 2015 it has been estimated that there would be more than 7 billion active mobile phone subscriptions with 97 % penetration rate worldwide meaning global mobile phone coverage would surpass all other telecommunications technology. The increased use of mHealth worldwide has grown in parallel to the popularity of the domestic uptake and use of mobile technology, in particular mobile phones. MHealth can be broadly defined as the use of mobile technologies like mobile phones (standard and smart phones), personal digital assistants, handheld and ultra-portable devices (tablets) and others mobile devices in healthcare to improve healthcare systems, support healthcare professionals and provide better health outcomes for patients. As both developing and developed countries search for new and cost-effective approaches to manage and prevent STIs, there is increasing adoption of electronic and mobile technologies to deliver health promotion, disease prevention interventions and health care services. In the USA nearly 20 million new STI cases occur every year with direct annual health costs estimated at 16 billion USD. ![]() The African region has consistently been reported as having the greatest STI burden with the number of incident cases estimated in 2012 at 37.36 million for trichomoniasis, 12.01 for chlamydia, 11.44 for gonorrhea and 1.84 million for syphilis. ![]() Furthermore, HIV/AIDS ranked six in the top 50 causes of global years of life lost in 2013. ![]() ![]() Sexual health disease burden varies throughout low, middle and high income countries, with the latest global estimates suggesting an estimated 131 million new cases of chlamydia, 78 million of gonorrhea, 143 million of trichomoniasis and 6 million of syphilis per year. Worldwide it is estimated that half a billion new curable STIs occur each year. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are a serious worldwide health burden, which if left untreated can lead to a variety of outcomes including cervical cancer, infertility, ectopic pregnancy and mortality. ![]()
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