Syphilis is increasing fast in Canada (18).
Do you know:
- What causes syphilis?
- How you can and can’t get syphilis?
- The different stages and symptoms of syphilis?
- If syphilis is curable and preventable?
If you answered no to any of these questions or are unsure about one or more of them, this post is for you. Raising your awareness of syphilis is one of the things you can do to help prevent it.
Resources
Find a testing location near you
STI Testing | Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
Sources
- Syphilis: Symptoms and treatment | Government of Canada
- Syphilis: Cause, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention | Cleveland Clinic
- About Syphilis | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Stages of Syphilis | My Health Alberta
- Stages of Syphilis | HealthLink BC.
- Syphilis – CDC fact sheet | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Syphilis – Overview | Mayo Clinic
- Syphilis | BC Centre for Disease Control
- About Congenital Syphilis | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Why syphilis is rising around the world | BBC Future | July 2023
- STI Testing | Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
- Syphilis – Diagnosis and treatment | Mayo Clinic
- Syphilis | Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
- Infectious syphilis and congenital syphilis in Canada, 2021(opens PDF) | Government of Canada | December 2022
- WHO publishes new estimates on congenital syphilis | World Health Organization | February 2019
- Rising syphilis rates in Canada, 2011–2020 | CCDR – Government of Canada | February/March 2022
- Infectious Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis in Canada, 2023(opens PDF) | Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) – The Public Health Agency of Canada | February 2025
- Syphilis cases are on the rise in Canada | Government of Canada | Updated February 2025
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