The Global Initiative for the Elimination of Congenital Syphilis is a World Health Organization strategy launched on 4 September 2007 to eliminate congenital syphilis as a public health problem worldwide. It responds to an estimated twelve million new syphilis infections occurring globally each year despite the existence of affordable prevention tools such as condoms and cost-effective antibiotic treatment, and sets out a strategy built on two core objectives, reducing syphilis prevalence among pregnant women and preventing transmission of the infection from mothers to their infants. Directed at policymakers, multilateral organizations, donors and international health stakeholders, the strategy document was published in Arabic, Chinese, English, Portuguese and Russian and calls for coordinated short-term and long-term action at both the national and international level.
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1. Journal of Global Health, congenital syphilis background
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In 2007, WHO and partners launched a global initiative to eliminate congenital syphilis based on the pillars of 1) sustained political commitment and advocacy, 2) access to and quality of maternal and newborn health services; 3) universal syphilis screening for all pregnant women and treatment of women testing positive and their partners; and 4) adequate surveillance, monitoring and evaluation
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