articlePLoS ONEFeb 27, 2019GOLD OA

Global burden of maternal and congenital syphilis and associated adverse birth outcomes—Estimates for 2016 and progress since 2012

ELEline L. KorenrompJRJane RowleyMAMónica AlonsoMBMaeve B. MelloNSN. Saman Wijesooriya

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas · Avenir Health · +4 more institutions

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BACKGROUND: In 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the global initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of syphilis (congenital syphilis, or CS). To assess progress towards the goal of

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  • Congenital syphilis
  • Medicine
  • Syphilis
  • Pediatrics
  • Population
  • Obstetrics
  • Pregnancy
  • Confidence interval
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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