Arizona urges VD test for pregnant Hispanics – Rate of syphilis higher in Latinas, AZ statistics say
Tagged: Arizona, Doctor, latinaPosted on: July 12th, 2007“State health officials are spending $100,000 to help educate pregnant women and their doctors to test for syphilis.
They’re aiming the campaign mainly aiming at Hispanics, because 80 percent of Arizona cases of congenital syphilis, which is acquired during fetal development, are among Hispanics.
Alfonso Urquidi, who heads the agency’s program on sexually transmitted diseases, said Arizona had the highest rate of congenital syphilis of any state from 2003 through 2005. And he said that while the state slipped to fifth last year, with 28 cases, its still a very high rate for about 100,000 births each year.”
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