Abstract
Objective: To measure the epidemiological profile of gestational and congenital syphilis at Ana Braga Maternity State Hospital - Manaus, Amazonas. Methods: This study was developed at the Maternity State Hospital, the sample was formed by pregnant women VDRL test reagent at any gestational period and/or at the birth moment, by the women public obstetric service users and newborns babies with VDRL test reagent. The data were obtained from medical records available by the maternity hospital from November/2015 to January/2017. The project was submitted for the approval to the Research Ethics Committee with Human Beings from that hospital and, after their approval, began the data collection. Results: From November/2015 to January/2017, a total of 25.150 births at Ana Braga Maternity State Hospital were identified 376 gestational syphilis cases. All the newborns (n=376) were borned alive and without anomalies 80 shown VDRL negative reagent results (21,3%). This study proved that, although there is a diagnosis and effective treatment for gestational and congenital syphilis, this still being a severe public health problem. Conclusions: There were a huge adherence to prenatal care by the pregnant women who formed the sample of this study, meanwhile, it was noticed that prenatal care is not good and is not enough to ensure the syphilis control yet. This way, we emphasize the need of more effective prevent and better controls methods.