Maternal Syphilis

Read more about the article Meet Emilie Efronson – The New Country Manager of Liberia

Meet Emilie Efronson – The New Country Manager of Liberia

In November of last year we announced our new Maternal Syphilis program in Liberia. We have since made significant steps towards program launch, signing a five year Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Health of Liberia and hiring Emilie Efronson, an experienced public health practitioner, as country manager. We talked with Emilie about her new role and what she expects to achieve.

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Read more about the article A Preventable Tragedy: Tackling Maternal Syphilis in Liberia

A Preventable Tragedy: Tackling Maternal Syphilis in Liberia

Approximately one million pregnant women around the world are infected with active syphilis, a disease that can cause severe problems for both mother and child. We are working with the government of Liberia to nationally scale-up dual HIV/syphilis rapid testing —which will leverage the country’s existing HIV infrastructure—to detect and treat the disease before it causes complications to the child.

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