In accordance with the national protocol, all pregnant women are tested for syphilis twice during pregnancy. For screening purposes the non-treponemal test of RPR is used; in case of a positive result treponemal tests TPHA Elisa Ig M and Ig G are used and confirmed by imunoblot. Numerator: number of cases of syphilis registered on both banks of Dniester River. Denominator: number of registered pregnant women attending ANC. SOURCE: routine statistics