The elimination of congenital syphilis: A comparison of the proposed world health organization action plan for the elimination of congenital syphilis with existing national maternal and congenital syphilis policies

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Hossain, Mazeda ^a   Broutet, Nathalie ^b   Hawkes, Sarah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34347325127     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000261049.84824.40     Document Type: Review

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