Maternal and congenital syphilis programmes: Case studies in Bolivia, Kenya and South Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 410-416

  Deperthes, Bidia D ^a   Meheus, André ^b   O'Reilly, Kevin ^a   Broutet, Nathalie ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case reports; Delivery of health care, Integrated; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Health policy; National health programs; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Prenatal diagnosis; Syphilis, Congenital. Syphilis diagnosis prevention and control

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; SYPHILIS;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; REAGIN TEST; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BOLIVIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

AFRICA; BOLIVIA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3042578808     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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