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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of three partner notification strategies. Methods: Pregnant women with a positive point-of-care treponemal test at three antenatal clinics (ANCs) in Kampala, Uganda, were randomised 1 : 1 : 1 to receive either notification slips (NS; standard of care), NS and a text messages (SMS) or NS and telephone calls. The primary outcome was the proportion of partners who attended the ANC and were treated for syphilis. Results: Between 2015 and 2016, 17 130 pregnant women were screened; 601 (3.5%) had a positive treponemal result, and 442 were enrolled in the study. Only 81 of 442 partners (18.3%; 23\/152 (15.1%), 31\/144 (21.5%) and 27\/146 (18.5%) in the NS only, NS + SMS and NS + telephone call groups respectively) attended an ANC for follow-up; there were no significant differences between the groups. Twelve per cent of women attended the ANC with their male partner, and this proportion increased over time. Partner non-treatment was independently associated with adverse birth outcomes (odds ratio 2.75; 95% confidence interval 2.36\u20133.21; P &amp;lt; 0.001). Conclusions: Only 18.3% of partners of pregnant women who tested positive for syphilis received treatment. Female partners of non-attendant men had worse birth outcomes. Encouraging men to accompany women to the ANC and testing both may address the urgent need to treat partners of pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa to reduce poor fetal outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/sh19092","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,12]],"date-time":"2020-06-12T02:59:30Z","timestamp":1591930770000},"page":"214-222","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Low male partner attendance after syphilis screening in pregnant women leads to worse birth outcomes: the Syphilis Treatment of Partners (STOP) randomised control trial"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Rosalind","family":"Parkes-Ratanshi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"AInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, PO Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda."},{"name":"BInstitute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK."},{"name":"FCorresponding author. 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