Profile of management and congenital syphilis in our Nossa Senhora do Socorro, Sergipe

• Autor(a) principal: Andrade, Ana Fatima Souza Melo de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Jeraldo, Verônica de Lourdes Sierpe
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/12194
• topic: Syphilis congenital; Public health; Health services.; Sífilis congênita; Saúde Pública; Serviços de saúde.; Sífilis Congénita; Salud Pública; Servicios de salud.

The objective was to identify the annual and accumulated incidence of gestational syphilis and congenital syphilis. It was a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach in a critical and reflective perspective. Data were obtained from the Notifiable Diseases Information System and the Live Births Information System, through the database provided by the Epidemiological Surveillance and Information Department of the Municipal Health Department of Nossa Senhora do Socorro, during the period from 2011 to 2015. The average annual incidence of gestational syphilis and congenital syphilis in the studied period was 6.82 cases for every 1,000 pregnant women and 18.52 cases per 1,000 live births, respectively. It was possible to conclude that vertical transmission was related to the loss of diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities and show that there is still a long way to go before the rates of congenital syphilis reach those recommended by the Pan American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health.