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Posted: 2019-06-06T18:05:24Z | Updated: 2019-06-06T18:05:24Z

A staggering new figure from the World Health Organization reveals that more than 1 million people contract curable sexually transmitted infections globally every single day.

The report, published Thursday, gathered data on the four STIs that make up 376 million new cases annually : chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis and syphilis. Trichomoniasis, which is a parasitic infection contracted during sexual intercourse, is the most common STI, making up 156 million cases among men and women ages 15 to 49 in 2016 (the year with the most recent available data).

Each of the infections is treatable and curable. However, a lack of education surrounding STIs as well as the fact that in many cases a person does not experience symptoms when they contract one of them is troublesome. According to WHO, a global shortage of penicillin and a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea pose a threat as well.