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

IF 0.4 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-01

Sten H Vermund, Irma Febo

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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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历史性地消除了波多黎各母婴艾滋病毒和梅毒传播。

根据世界卫生组织的指标，尽管艾滋病毒风险持续存在，背景流行率很高，但波多黎各已经实现了消除艾滋病毒和梅毒的目标。卓越的产前服务和筛查、抗逆转录病毒和青霉素梅毒疗法的部署以及对母亲和婴儿的适当随访取得了成功，尽管总体感染控制仍然难以捉摸。我们在文章的社论中强调了这一成就的背景：“波多黎各消除艾滋病毒和梅毒的围产期传播和自2007年以来的持续成功：科学、以妇女为中心的护理和政策的融合”。

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Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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0.60

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal (PRHSJ) is the scientific journal of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. It was founded in 1982 as a vehicle for the publication of reports on scientific research conducted in-campus, Puerto Rico and abroad. All published work is original and peer-reviewed. The PRHSJ is included in PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, Latindex, EBSCO, SHERPA/RoMEO, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®) and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition. All papers are published both online and in hard copy. From its beginning, the PRHSJ is being published regularly four times a year. The scope of the journal includes a range of medical, dental, public health, pharmaceutical and biosocial sciences research. The journal publishes full-length articles, brief reports, special articles, reviews, editorials, case reports, clinical images, and letters arising from published material.