Abstract
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of newborns with syphilis infection and exposure to HIV cared in a public hospital in Belém do Pará. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective study using secondary data from patient records. The total of newborns admitted at the hospital in the surveyed period was 8,075 patients. Results: This study included 312 newborns diagnosed with Congenital syphilis in the research period; of which, 7,1%(n=22) were exposed to HIV, thus characterizing the co-infection. Regarding gender, 53.8% (n=167) were male and 75.0% (n=234) were in the age range from 0 to 10 days; considering the classification of the cases, 76.0%(n=237) were considered Unspecified Early Congenital Syphilis. Conclusion: With this data, we can conclude that congenital syphilis still persists as a public health problem, associated with greater social vulnerability and failures in prenatal care.