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. 2003 Mar;93(3):444-6.

doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.3.444.

Decreased congenital syphilis incidence in Haiti's rural Artibonite region following decentralized prenatal screening

Daniel W Fitzgerald¹, Frieda Behets, Johanne Preval, Lauren Schulwolf, Vidya Bommi, Pascal Chaillet

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PMID: 12604493
PMCID: PMC1447761
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.93.3.444

Decreased congenital syphilis incidence in Haiti's rural Artibonite region following decentralized prenatal screening

Daniel W Fitzgerald et al. Am J Public Health. 2003 Mar.

. 2003 Mar;93(3):444-6.

doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.3.444.

Authors

Daniel W Fitzgerald¹, Frieda Behets, Johanne Preval, Lauren Schulwolf, Vidya Bommi, Pascal Chaillet

Affiliation

¹ Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti. dfitzgerald@gheskio.org

PMID: 12604493
PMCID: PMC1447761
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.93.3.444

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FIGURE 1— — FIGURE 1—
Cases of congenital syphilis per 100 000 live births in Haiti’s Artibonite region in the year before decentralization of prenatal screening (1995) and the 3 years after decentralization (1997–1999).

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Haiti's Hospital Albert Schweitzer: the legacy of Larimer and Gwen Mellon.
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