The Big Picture
Reunion Island, an overseas department of the French territory, is located in the Indian Ocean (225 km from Mauritius). With a GDP per capita of 21 500 € in 2017, Reunion Island boasts one of the best health systems of the Indian Ocean region.
Practitioners in the field of sexual health have been expressing alarm with regards to a paradoxical situation: while there has been satisfactory control and sensitisation concerning HIV/AIDS for decades, there is a worrying surge in other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - namely syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia, including distressing congenital cases. This trend can...