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Modes of Transmission
i. Through unsafe sexual intercourse with the infected partner.
ii. Use of the personal materials of the patient like clothes, towel, etc.
iii. Intimate contact with the infected person Do You Know

• The initial ulcer may be
Signs and Symptoms mistaken as a hard chancre,
i. Painful ulcers in and around genitalia the typical sore of primary
ii. Pain with urination (dysuria) syphilis as opposed to the
iii. Swelling of glands in the groin soft chancre of chancroid.

iv. Vaginal discharge
v. Bleeding from the ulcers
vi. Oozing of grey or yellowish pus from the ulcers.

vii. Enlargement of the inguinal lymph nodes, the nodes located in the fold between the
leg and the lower abdomen
viii. Painful lymphadenopathy

Preventive and Control Measures
i. Unsafe sexual intercourse with the infected partner should be avoided.
ii. Condom should be used during sexual intercourse.
iii. Prostitution should be stopped.

iv. Blood should be screened before transfusion.
v. Intimate contact with the infected person should be avoided.
vi. Infected person should be treated in the early stage of infection.
vii. Proper health education should be given to develop awareness.

viii. Personal belongings of the infected person should not be used.
ix. The patient should be isolated.

8.2 Safe Motherhood
Safe motherhood is one of the important areas of
reproductive health. Safe motherhood encompasses
a series of initiatives, practices, protocols and service
delivery guidelines designed to ensure that women
receive a high quality gynecological, family planning,
prenatal, delivery and postpartum care, in order to
achieve optimal health for the mother, foetus and Fig: 11
infant during pregnancy. Safe motherhood

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