What is the impact of covid-19 pandemic era on Pregnant Women sero-positivity for Syphilis among women attending antenatal care in India and number of babies diagnosed with Congenital Syphilis?

Abstract

Piyush Kumar

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to be a major public health problem globally, affecting the quality of life as well as causing serious morbidity and mortality. STIs have a direct and significant impact on reproductive and child health. They can directly cause infertility, cancers as well as pregnancy complications, and indirectly affects individual economies. The information on the number of PW found to be seropositive for Syphilis among women attending antenatal care in India and the number of babies diagnosed with Congenital Syphilis is collected from HMIS electronic records of MoHFW, Government of India with a key objective to know about the impact of covid-19 era i.e. 2020 and 2021 on the prevalence of syphilis by comparing it with the pre-pandemic era of 2018 and 2019. I collected seropositivity data for Syphilis among women attending antenatal care in India and the number of babies diagnosed with Congenital Syphilis across 36 states and union territories of India including all health facilities viz. public, private, rural, urban health facilities. The data is collected, observed, and analyzed with Microsoft office software. Among 254705.2 averages per month number of PW (pregnant women) tested using the POC test for Syphilis, 2144.4 averages per month were seropositive for Syphilis giving a seroprevalence of 0.84 % in 2021(Jan to May). Of 175579.75 averages per month number of PW tested using the POC test for Syphilis, 855.58 averages per month were seropositive for Syphilis giving a seroprevalence of 0.49 % in 2020(Jan to Dec). Of 53313.66 averages per month number of PW tested using the POC test for Syphilis, 419.33 averages per month were seropositive for Syphilis giving a seroprevalence of 0.79 % in 2019 (Jan to Dec). Of 11364.75averages per month number of PW tested using the POC test for Syphilis, 339.08 averages per month were seropositive for Syphilis giving a seroprevalence of 2.98 % in 2018 (Jan to Dec).

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