Ismaël Maatouk

2023 Surveillance Report: @WHO's Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP) highlights the growing threat of gonococcal #AMR and the global spread of resistant clones. iris.who.int/handle/10665/3…

In the Philippines, community-led organization @LoveYourselfPh is breaking barriers to health access for LGBTQIA+ people through a dual approach: ▶️Providing inclusive, affirming health services for LGBTQIA+ communities ▶️Working with health-care providers to build…

Join WHO's sessions at @STIHIV2025 in Montreal, Canada, from July 26–30, 2025. For more details, visit: who.int/news-room/even… Looking forward to engaging discussions and insights at the congress! #STIs

🚨 Rising threat of drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Guangdong A recent study highlights alarming trends in Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistance: The prevalence of penA 60.001 strains (closely related to the global FC428 clone and WHO's EGASP reports) has doubled in Guangdong from 3.5%…

Not again?? We need a secure supply of PCN to treat syphilis and prevent congenital syphilis.. Check out this article: cnn.com/2025/07/16/hea… @WHO

“We have the tools and the knowledge to end AIDS as a public health problem...What we need now is bold implementation of these recommendations, grounded in equity and powered by communities.” - @WHO Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes Director @mdoherty_hiv 🇺🇳 #IAS2025

Today, we held an event in the House of Commons kindly hosted by @Peter_Dowd launching the @HCVAction report on sustaining the elimination of hepatitis C, attended by colleagues from @NHSEngland and @WHO. More photos and a full write-up of the event to come shortly!

The African continent will pay 89 billion USD in debt servicing. Our call is to restructure, cancel, and find responsible ways to finance in the future. @ZackieAchmat, #IAS2025 scientific highlights press conference iasociety.org/news-release/e…

WHO celebrates this step to really get on track to end AIDS by 2030!Global Fund Secures Access to Breakthrough HIV Prevention Drug Lenacapavir for Low- and Middle-Income Countries - News Releases - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria theglobalfund.org/en/news/2025/2…

🦠 Does doxycycline PrEP affect the microbiome? A 48-week pilot (Clinical trial #NCT02844634) study in HIV-negative gay and bisexual men found that doxycycline PrEP (doxyPrEP), used to prevent bacterial STIs, caused minimal changes to the rectal microbiome: ✅ No significant…

🚨 STIs during pregnancy: even rare cases have serious impact A study from Australia’s Northern Territory (2005–2020) found that just 23 cases of congenital syphilis over 15 years were linked to severe birth outcomes: 🔸 3x higher risk of preterm birth 🔸 2x higher risk of…

🚨 Alert: Extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Canada A highly resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was detected, resistant to ceftriaxone, cefixime, and azithromycin. 🦠 🔬 The strain carries the penA 60.001 allele and 23S rRNA mutations linked to high-level…

🚨 Syphilis among people living with HIV in Türkiye: A worrying trend. A recent study found 1 in 3 PLHIV tested positive for syphilis between 2022-2024: 🔸 Men: 37% 🔸 Women: 6% 🔸 Most affected: Ages 31–40 👉 Urgent need for routine screening, targeted prevention & integrated…

Some good news during challenging times 🤞

Watch a candid conversation with @JeremyFarrar on the sidelines of #WHA78. We ask him about the public health funding crisis—what it means for countries, WHO, the world, and the road ahead.

Does frequent chlamydia screening lead to higher bacterial load in MSM taking PrEP? 🦠 Among 447 participants (225 in the screening arm and 222 in the non-screening arm), 155 asymptomatic C. trachomatis infections were detected after baseline (67 in the screening arm and 88 in…

LGV in Taiwan: 🦠 Among 446 C. trachomatis-positive samples, L2b genovariant accounted for 9.7% of cases, mainly among PWH with rectal chlamydia (18.2%). 🔬 PWH represented 85.7% of all L2b cases. Of the 38 L2b samples, 84.2% completed MLST, with ST53 as the predominant strain…

Gonococcal drug susceptibility in Greece: 🦠 Only 2.8% of isolates were fully susceptible to all antibiotics. High resistance rates observed: Penicillin G (27.5%), Tetracycline (59.2%), and Ciprofloxacin (68.8%). 🔬 Cross-resistance to all antibiotics except Spectinomycin…

Atypical presentation of #gonorrhoea where a secondary bacterial infection may cause swelling, tenderness and purulent discharge, and unmask the presence of ventral penile canal: sti.bmj.com/content/early/…

Join us tomorrow at #WHA78 to chart a path to get back on track to #EndingAIDS ⁦@WHO⁩ ⁦⁦@iasociety⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦@PATHadvocacy⁩

Coming up at 3:30pm East, join @DrMarcSiegel as he talks about global health challenges with Dr. Meg Doherty @mdoherty_hiv - Director, Global HIV, Hepatitis, STI Programmes at @WHO. sxm.app.link/DoctorRadio