Cuba becomes the First Country to eliminate Mother to child HIV Transmission

   

Cuba has become the first country in the world to eliminate Mother to Child Elimination of HIV and Syphilis transmission.
The World Health Organisation has hailed the achievement and called it ‘one of the greatest public health achievements possible’, adding that it was ‘an important step towards having an Aids-free generation’.
W.H.O defines the elimination as such a low level that it is no longer a Public health problem.
‘This is a celebration for Cuba and a celebration for children and families everywhere. UNAids executive director Michel Sidibé said.
Only two children in the country were born with HIV and five with syphilis in 2013.