Peter Leone

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The Persistence of Syphilis and Issues of Health Equity in America

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by Peter Leone

April 25, 2011 - 10:55pm (Print)

On the horizon is a greater integration of services and population level outcomes with health rather than individual disease case numbers as the sole measure of success or failure.  And syphilis reminds us of why this is so utterly necessary. 

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Lessons From a Failed Syphilis Elimination Strategy

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by Peter Leone

April 14, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

Syphillis is easily diagnosed and treated. Yet efforts to eliminate syphillis in specific geographic areas have failed because they ignored deep economic, social, and racial disparities that perpetuate the risks of infection and disease.

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