Office of the Dean, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven CT, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus and University Pediatric Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
P R Health Sci J. 2021 Mar;40(1):3-5.
The elimination of HIV and syphilis from Puerto Rico as per metrics of the World Health Organization has been achieved despite continued HIV risk and high background prevalence. Excellence in antenatal services and screening, deployment of antiretroviral and penicillin syphilis therapies, and proper follow-through with mothers and infants has yielded success even as control of infection overall remains elusive. We highlight the context of this achievement in our editorial to accompany the article: "Elimination of the Perinatal Transmission of HIV and Syphilis in Puerto Rico and Sustained Success since 2007: Convergence of Science, Women-Centered Care, and Policy".
尽管继续存在艾滋病毒风险和高背景流行率,但波多黎各已经按照世界卫生组织的指标消除了艾滋病毒和梅毒。在产前服务和筛查方面的卓越表现、抗逆转录病毒和青霉素梅毒治疗的应用,以及对母亲和婴儿的适当跟踪,取得了成功,尽管整体感染控制仍然难以实现。我们在随文章发表的社论中强调了这一成就的背景:“消除波多黎各母婴传播艾滋病毒和梅毒以及自 2007 年以来的持续成功:科学、以妇女为中心的护理和政策的融合”。