Maternal and congenital syphilis in selected Latin America and Caribbean countries: a multi-country analysis using data from the Perinatal Information System
The report is basedon a multi-country, quantitative and qualitative analysis from data collected from several sources, representing acompilation of country reports from nine countries as part of the 2012 mid-term evaluation of the Strategy. Data wascollected based on standardised procedures at country level.
Results:
Results are variable among countries. All countrieshave a strategic national plan to eliminate congenital syphilis, with some distinct characteristics for each country.Protocols and guidelines for the management and treatment of maternal and congenital syphilis in all countries wereupdated between 2011 and 2013. A high rate of missing information for all countries for some indicators was noticed.
Conclusions:
The main limitation of the analyses is the huge amount of missing data. Countries must continue to besupported to build capacity for collecting high-quality data on intervention coverage and inequities, and to use it as a basisfor decisions about how best to reach women and children with interventions. A high level political commitment isnecessary to put into practice the Regional Initiative to Eliminate Congenital Syphilis, with the support of HealthMinistries."