Lusaka — While most pregnant women in Zambia are now tested for HIV, other sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis are not being diagnosed, placing the lives of thousands of women at risk.
By the time Emily Banda*, 31, found out she had syphilis, it was too late - her daughter had died at five months and she had a miscarriage during her second pregnancy.
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