Sunday, 4 March 2012

Sexually Transmitted Disease-Congenital Syphilis-Pregnant Women-Newborn Babies-Rapid Tests

Syphilis tests could save a million babies: experts

LONDON (Reuters) - The lives of almost a million Newborn Babies could be saved every year if simple, cheap and rapid tests for syphilis were offered to Pregnant Women in poorer countries, global health experts said on Thursday. The Global Congenital Syphilis Partnership, a group set up to help tackle the sexually transmitted disease, said testing women in early pregnancy would cost less than 1 pound ($1.58) per woman, and those who tested positive could be treated with a single dose of the cheap antibiotic penicillin. ... read more..

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