Taking the sexual health of older adults seriously

There is a need for social campaigns to make it easier for older people to talk about it.

Globally, older people’s voices and experiences tend to be left out of discussions on sexual health and well-being. Their sexual health needs are stereotyped as insignificant beyond the reproductive periods of life. Yet sexual activity is, of course, happening among older adults and between older and younger adults—making them vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections.