The Minister of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) says there has been an upward trend in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Namibia.

Over the past five years, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula says the country has on average recorded more than 96,000 cases of different types of STIs at health facilities annually.

It's against this background that the ministry launched the National STI Treatment Guideline to make provision for the latest and most effective treatment regimen for STIs.

The Treatment Guideline was last reviewed in 2008.