Congenital Syphilis: From Near-Elimination to Crisis.

This analytic essay examines the transformation of congenital syphilis (CS) in the United States from near-elimination to crisis. Drawing from the January 2025 Congenital Syphilis Summit in Atlanta, Georgia—convening public health leaders, Tribal health departments, the National Coalition of STD Dir...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 116; no. 1; pp. 103 - 113
Autores principales: Abresch, Chad J., Stafford, Irene A., Johnson, Regan M., Olabanji, Kayode, Sutphen, Ashleigh M., Cejtin, Helen E., Hoover, Ashley
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Publicado: American Public Health Association Jan2026
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          Abresch, Chad J.
          Stafford, Irene A.
          Johnson, Regan M.
          Olabanji, Kayode
          Sutphen, Ashleigh M.
          Cejtin, Helen E.
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          Department of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
          Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston.
          Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
          The Raven Collective, Multnomah County, Grayslake, IL.
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        Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases
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        Vertical transmission (Communicable diseases)
        Health equity
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        Infectious disease transmission
        Disease risk factors
        Congenital, hereditary, & infantile syphilis
        Disease eradication
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          Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases
          Public health surveillance
          Human abnormalities
          Medical personnel
          Human services programs
          Disease outbreaks
          Health policy
          Evaluation of human services programs
          Child health services
          Vertical transmission (Communicable diseases)
          Health equity
          Preventive health services
          Infectious disease transmission
          Disease risk factors
          United States
          Administration of Public Health Programs
          Computer Systems Design Services
          Congenital, hereditary, & infantile syphilis
          Disease eradication
          Public health administration
          Telemedicine
          System integration
          Evidence-based medicine
      ab: This analytic essay examines the transformation of congenital syphilis (CS) in the United States from near-elimination to crisis. Drawing from the January 2025 Congenital Syphilis Summit in Atlanta, Georgia—convening public health leaders, Tribal health departments, the National Coalition of STD Directors, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts—we contrast prevention systems during near-elimination (1998–2005) with the current crisis (2018–2025). Evidence revealed how dismantling public health infrastructure produced dramatically different outcomes, with CS cases increasing 937% over the past decade and racial/ethnic disparities worsening. American Indian/Alaska Native communities face rates up to 100 times higher than White populations in some regions, illustrating the multiplicative effects of system failures on vulnerable communities. We identify 5 critical system failures: cyclical boom-and-bust funding, workforce deterioration, fragmented surveillance, disconnected health care systems, and health equity failures. We present policy proposals for rebuilding prevention infrastructure through a deliberate phased approach transitioning from crisis response to sustained maintenance, ensuring prevention systems receive continuous support rather than episodic investments that have characterized past approaches.
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