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WHO: Thailand, Belarus eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
08.06.2016 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of yesterday, ahead of a two-day High-Level meeting on ending AIDS (to be held this year Jun 810 in NY), the Minister of Health of Thailand was presented with a certificate of validation during a ceremony at headquarters in New York ahead of the UN General Assemblys High Level meeting on ending AIDS, UN Radio reports.
Thus, Thailand became the first nation in Asia and the Pacific region to completely eliminate mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis.
As to the report, the World Health Organization (WHO) also validated the elimination of maternal transfer of both sexually transmitted infections in Belarus.
It is to be admitted, Cuba became the first nation to be validated last year after WHO and other partners had developed a global criteria for validation.
In meanwhile, the WHO also recognized Armenia for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and the Republic of Moldova for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of syphilis.
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