Cuba successfully abolished mother-to-child HIV infection

Cuba has become the first country in the world to be asked to recognize the successful elimination of syphilis and HIV transmission from mother to child, after a delegation of the World Health Organization (WHO) ends the bar. Visit this Caribbean island nation.

Cuba announced the successful elimination of mother-to-child HIV infection

During the press conference after the end of a week-long examination, Ms. Adele Benzaken, head of the delegation of the All-American Health Organization (PHO - the American branch of WHO), confirmed the accuracy in statistics on the Cuban Ministry of Health on the index and said they would forward the application to WHO for recognition of this health care achievement of the Caribbean island.

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The 24-member PHO / WHO delegation conducted a comprehensive examination of hospitals, clinics, research labs and other medical facilities in the capital of La Habana and Villa Clara and Santiago provinces before arriving. Conclusion above.

According to WHO regulations, an accredited country eliminates the transmission of syphilis from mother to child if the incidence of neonatal infections is less than 0.05% of all mothers with this disease .

In the case of HIV, the proportion of children infected with this virus must be less than 2% among these deadly mothers .

In addition, the proportion of pregnant women who are tested for HIV and the rate of treatment for antiretroviral drugs in the total number of pregnant women tested positive for the two viruses must be above 95%; as well as some criteria for statistical information and warnings about the risks of these diseases. The expert team said Cuba met all of these criteria.

Ms. Benzeken also emphasized that America is the only area that sets out a dual goal of eliminating syphilis-HIV transmission through mother-to-child lines, as these are two closely related processes, while regions The other is still focused only on the goal of eliminating HIV transmission alone, and Cuba's achievement will be a great encouragement to the medical perspective of the Americas.