The Historic Elimination of Mother-to-Child HIV and Syphilis Transmission in Puerto Rico.

Sten H Vermund, Irma Febo

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Article in Puerto Rico health sciences journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sten H VermundOffice of the Dean, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven CT, USA.

Irma FeboDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus and University Pediatric Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus · PRYale University · US

Funding

Using Coincidence Analysis to Investigate Factors Affecting PrEP Initiation and Continuation in Southern ending the Epidemic CountiesP30MH062294 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Trace S Kershaw · 2001 to 2026

$48.5M

University of Puerto Rico Mentoring Institute for HIV Mental Health ResearchR25MH083617 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · PI ZORRILLA, CARMEN D · 2008 to 2020

$3.7M

NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062294NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH083617

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The elimination of HIV and syphilis from Puerto Rico as per metrics of the World Health Organization has been achieved despite continued HIV risk and high background prevalence. Excellence in antenatal services and screening, deployment of antiretroviral and penicillin syphilis therapies, and proper follow-through with mothers and infants has yielded success even as control of infection overall remains elusive. We highlight the context of this achievement in our editorial to accompany the article: "Elimination of the Perinatal Transmission of HIV and Syphilis in Puerto Rico and Sustained Success since 2007: Convergence of Science, Women-Centered Care, and Policy".

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HIV InfectionsSyphilisFemaleHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMothersPregnancyPuerto RicoHIVPerinatalPuerto RicoSyphilis

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