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Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Synopsis

Congenital Syphilis Prevention Challenges, Pacific Coast of Colombia, 2018–2022

Jose F. Fuertes-Bucheli1, Diana P. Buenaventura-Alegría1, Adriana M. Rivas-Mina, and Robinson Pacheco-LópezComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia (J.F. Fuertes-Bucheli, R. Pacheco-López); Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas–CIDEIM, Cali (J.F. Fuertes-Bucheli); Hospital Distrital Luis Ablanque de la Plata, Buenaventura, Colombia (D.P. Buenaventura-Alegría); Universidad Libre, Cali (D.P. Buenaventura-Alegría, A.M. Rivas-Mina)

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Syphilis screening and percentage of newborns with congenital syphilis by year of mothers’ entry into the prenatal care program at a public hospital, Buenaventura, Colombia, 2018–2022. Maternal syphilis screening has improved progressively over the years, though the number of mothers who participated in the prenatal care program dropped in 2020. In addition, variability was observed in the percentage of newborns with congenital syphilis, which decreased from 3.1% to 1.8% in the evaluated period, although the percentage increased slightly from 2021 to 2022. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons.

Figure 1. Syphilis screening and percentage of newborns with congenital syphilis by year of mothers’ entry into the prenatal care program at a public hospital, Buenaventura, Colombia, 2018–2022. Maternal syphilis screening has improved progressively over the years, though the number of mothers who participated in the prenatal care program dropped in 2020. In addition, variability was observed in the percentage of newborns with congenital syphilis, which decreased from 3.1% to 1.8% in the evaluated period, although the percentage increased slightly from 2021 to 2022. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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