The impact of the campaign to combat congenital syphilis diagnosis and treatment of syphilis in women in a maternity Municipal of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Abstract Objective: to describe the time of diagnosis and treatment of syphilis in women who had their children screened for congenital syphilis in a maternity of the State of do Rio de Janeiro during the campaign to combat congenital syphilis, (1999 to 2001). Methods: this was a descriptive, retrospective epidemiological. Results: 479 records were analyzed to investigate SC in 1999 on the first Campaign for Elimination of SC, and 2001, on the second. It was found that more than half of these mothers were diagnosed during prenatal care (54.3% to 71.9%) and there was a progressive increase in anticipation of provision of treatment (33.8% to 62.5%). Conclusions: the practice of the campaigns reflected positively in the fight against congenital syphilis, however, the number of missing data, especially for variables co-infection HIV and syphilis-in screening of partners, affects the reliability of data and expressed the need to consider new strategies to increase epidemiological surveillance. Descriptors: nursing; congenital syphilis; surveillance epidemiology.