A multifaceted intervention to improve syphilis screening and treatment in pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Lusaka, Zambia: a cluster randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Fernando Althabe, MD (Author), Elwyn Chomba, MRCP (Author), Antoinette K Tshefu, PhD (Author), Ernest Banda, BSc (Author), María Belizán, MSc (Author), Eduardo Bergel, PhD (Author), Mabel Berrueta, MD (Author), Jane Bertrand, PhD (Author), Carl Bose, MD (Author), Maria Luisa Cafferata, MD (Author), Waldemar A Carlo, MD (Author), Alvaro Ciganda, BSc (Author), France Donnay, FRCOG (Author), Ezequiel García Elorrio, PhD (Author), Luz Gibbons, MSc (Author), Karen Klein, MPH (Author), Jerker Liljestrand, PhD (Author), Paul D Lusamba, PhD (Author), Arlette K Mavila, MPH (Author), Agustina Mazzoni, MD (Author), Dalau M Nkamba, MPH (Author), Friday H Mwanakalanga, BSc (Author), Abigail Mwapule Tembo, RN (Author), Musaku Mwenechanya, MMED (Author), Lee Pyne-Mercier, MPH (Author), Cintia Spira, MD (Author), Jean D Wetshikoy, MD (Author), Xu Xiong, PhD (Author), Pierre Buekens, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Summary: Background: Despite international recommendations, coverage of syphilis testing in pregnant women and treatment of those found seropositive remains limited in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed whether combining the provision of supplies with a behavioural intervention was more effective than...