Control of mother-to-child transmission of infectious diseases in Brazil

Progress in HIV/Aids and failure in congenital syphilis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5175132
AutoresAlberto Novaes Ramos (0000-0001-7982-1757, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr (Universidade Federal do Ceará), Luiza Harunari Matida (Secretaria Estadual de Saúde, Brasil), Valéria Saraceni (0000-0001-7360-6490, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde), Maria Amelia Veras (0000-0002-1159-5762, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo), Maria Amélia De S M Veras (Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brasil), Ricardo José Soares Pontes (0000-0002-8976-4562, Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Ano2007
Volume23
Fascículosuppl 3
PáginasS370-S378
Data de publicação2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2007001500005
PMID17992343
OpenAlexW2162490808
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2007001500005
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas20

In Brazil, syphilis and HIV infection are considered serious public health problems. However, in practice, epidemiological surveillance, prevention measures, and prenatal care seem to be more effective in the control of mother-to-child transmission of the HIV than in the control of transmission of the Treponema pallidum. Here we discuss the differences in surveillance, prenatal care, and care of the newborn. Important differences were identified. It is concluded that there is an urgent need to establish prevention of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis as a public health priority, using an integrated approach including women's health, children's health, primary health care, and STD/AIDS programs on all governmental levels. These issues also need to be discussed with all stakeholders involved. Important aspects related to the problem are the training of public health professionals, as well as the participation of the community. The elimination of congenital syphilis does not require expensive drugs, and diagnostic tools, but a long-term sustainable approach

Congenital syphilis · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Population · Prenatal care · Public health · Syphilis · Transmission (telecommunications) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Epidemiology · Medicine · Nursing · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy