Voice of America: Many Syphilis-Infected Pregnant Women Not Being Diagnosed, Treated

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Many Syphilis-Infected Pregnant Women Not Being Diagnosed, Treated Feb 28th 2013, 23:23 More than one million pregnant women worldwide are infected with syphilis.  Worse still is that many of them don't know they're infected,  which puts them and their unborn child at serious risk. The problem, a new World Health Organization study finds, is that in many regions of the world, testing and treatment services for the venereal disease are not as widely available as they should be.  Syphilis is a sexually-transmitted disease that, according to WHO estimates, ... Media files: 7DACE2F0-F975-4212-BF35-21B46D8F44EA_cx0_cy13_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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