Congenital syphilis risks and prevention
TB Talks
Final episode in a three-part series of conversations about syphilis and public health produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, in conjunction with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health. In this installment, we hear from Dr. Jared Bullard, a paediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Manitoba who works primarily out of the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg. He discusses recent increases in cases of congenital syphilis, the risks it poses to a foetus, as well as prevention strategies.
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The determinants of syphilis transmission in Indigenous women
TB Talks
Second in a series of conversations about syphilis and public health produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, in conjunction with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health. In this podcast, we hear from Dr. Marcia Anderson, a medical officer of health and medical lead for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. She discusses the determinants of syphilis transmission for Indigenous women and what public health and primary care providers can do to slow or stop its progression.
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How public health can best support Indigenous women with syphilis
TB Talks
First in a series of conversations about syphilis and public health produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, in conjunction with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health. Syphilis infection rates are increasing in Winnipeg, Manitoba and cases of infectious syphilis have more than doubled in 2018. Created in conjunction with NCCAH, this NCCID series on syphilis shares the insights of three people working to better understand the determinants of transmission in Indigenous women, how to slow or stop the disease's progression, as well as risks and...
info_outlineFirst in a series of conversations about syphilis and public health produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, in conjunction with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health. Syphilis infection rates are increasing in Winnipeg, Manitoba and cases of infectious syphilis have more than doubled in 2018.
Created in conjunction with NCCAH, this NCCID series on syphilis shares the insights of three people working to better understand the determinants of transmission in Indigenous women, how to slow or stop the disease's progression, as well as risks and prevention in cases of congenital syphilis. Here, Winnipeg sexual health educator Laverne Gervais discusses the circumstances Indigenous women can face, the corresponding risk factors, as well as ways public health can better support them.