Prêmio Rede de Formação de Recursos Humanos em vigilância em Saúde Transmissão vertical: um estudo epidemiológico da infecção pelo HIV/aids e sífilis congênita no Estado do Ceará de 2001 a 2007

Knowledge of healthcare professionals regarding the vertical transmission of syphilis in Fortaleza -CE, Brazil

“…Of the 1,010 cases reported in 2008, 39% were in the Southeast region of Brazil, 33.9% in the Northeast, 13.4% in the North, 7.3% in the South, and 6.3% in the Central-west, indicating the nationwide coverage of the disease. 5 In 2009, 4,536 cases of syphilis in pregnant women were registered, with the Southeast region remaining in first position with a reduction to 30%, and with the Northeast region also remaining in the same position as the previous year (second), and also showing a reduction to 24.8%.A mean of five thousand cases of the disease are registered per year, 6 with an estimate that about 50,000 parturients diagnosed with syphilis. 7 A study conducted by the Ministry of Health (MH), 8 in six Brazilian state capitals, found a prevalence of syphilis in pregnant women at approximately 2.6%, with the city of Fortaleza presenting a prevalence of 2.3%.…”