Eight times as many babies were born with syphilis in Colorado in 2022 as in 2017, and while the numbers are still small, the public health community is racing to get the disease under control
. The program offers women of reproductive age a blood test for syphilis and treatment if it comes back positive.
As of 2020, El Paso and Jefferson counties had total syphilis rates below the state average. The department was looking specifically at rates of syphilis among reproductive-age women, however, as well as which health departments had the capacity to take on a new initiative, Mulleavey said.
“With this most recent funding, EPCPH looks forward to the opportunity to partner with state and local partners to continue targeted efforts to mitigate the impacts of syphilis in El Paso County,” it said.highest rate of syphilis cases among women of reproductive ageAlicia Solis, program manager at the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, thinks the high rates reflect both improving detection and an increase in infections.
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