Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Maternal and neonatal infections

Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy

 

America

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in the Americas. Update 2016 [2017]
  • Field Guide for Implementation of the Strategy and Plan of Action for Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in the Americas [2014]
  • 2012 Progress Report: Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis in the Americas [2013]

Asia, Pacific

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Regional framework for the triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis in Asia and the Pacific, 2018-2030 [2018]

Australia

• Australasian Sexual Health Alliance
  • Pregnant women

• Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
  • Antenatal Testing and Blood-Borne Viruses (BBVs) 2015 [2015]

• Department of Health Australia
  • Human papilloma virus [2018]

Canada

• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
  • Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae During Pregnancy: A Health Technology Assessment [2018]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Intrauterine Fetal Diagnostic Testing in Women with Chronic Viral Infections [2020]
  • Prenatal Invasive Procedures in Women With Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and/or Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections [2014]

China

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Integrated prevention of mother-to-child transmission for human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B virus in China [2015]

Cuba, Thailand

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Cuba and Thailand [2016]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • Preventing Perinatal Transmission [2015]

Japan

• Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Current Status of Condylomata Acuminata in Pregnant Japanese Women [2016]

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Strategy and Plan of Action for Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Monitoring Strategy. 3. ed. [2013]

Low and middle-income countries

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Prevalence of Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pregnant Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries From 2010 to 2015 [2016]

Netherlands

• BMC Public Health
  • Evaluating progress towards triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B in the Netherlands [2019]

Philippines

• Department of Health Philippines
  • Guidelines on the Management of Sexually-Transmitted Infections (STI) in Pregnancy [2010]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa [2021]

Tanzania

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence of HIV and syphilis infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Tanzania, 2011 [2015]

United Kingdom

• Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
  • The management of sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy [2012]

• Women's Health
  • Managing Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pregnant Women [2012]

United States of America

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • STDs & Pregnancy

Western Pacific

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis [2017]
  • Expert Consultation on Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis in the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines, 20-21 February 2017 : meeting report [2017]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Governance guidance for the validation of elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis: an overview of validation structures and responsibilities at national, regional and global levels [2020]
  • Dual HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic tests can be used as the first test in antenatal care: policy brief [2019]
  • Standard protocol to assess prevalence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia among pregnant women in antenatal care clinics [2018]
  • Global guidance on criteria and processess for validation: Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis - 2nd edition [2017]
  • WHO recommendation on human deficiency virus and syphilis testing in pregnancy [2016]
  • Elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis [2014]
  • Global Validation of Elimination of Mother-to Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and Syphilis

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