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Increasing Syphilis Rates Are a 'Health Emergency' for Canada
Richard Mark Kirkner
October 13, 2023
Cases of infectious and congenital syphilis have skyrocketed in Canada since 2017. In response, health advocates are calling on the government and public health authorities to quickly embrace more effective preventive measures, particularly among pregnant women, by improving surveillance systems, addressing racism within the healthcare system, and making rapid testing and preventive treatment more widely available.
"We're in a state of a health emergency," Sean Rourke, PhD, a scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, told Medscape Medical News...
Increasing Syphilis Rates Are a 'Health Emergency' for Canada
Richard Mark Kirkner
October 13, 2023
Cases of infectious and congenital syphilis have skyrocketed in Canada since 2017. In response, health advocates are calling on the government and public health authorities to quickly embrace more effective preventive measures, particularly among pregnant women, by improving surveillance systems, addressing racism within the healthcare system, and making rapid testing and preventive treatment more widely available.
"We're in a state of a health emergency," Sean Rourke, PhD, a scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, told Medscape Medical News...