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Cuba first to eliminate mother-to-baby HIV transmission
Cuba has become the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to baby, the World Health Organisation has announced. The WHO’s director general, Margaret Chan, said it was “one of the greatest public health achievements possible” and an important step towards an Aids-free generation. Over the past five years, Caribbean countries have had increased access to antiretroviral drugs as part of a regional initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission.
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I wonder how the world would react if North Korea claimed it.
Laughter.
I think 99.988% of the internet would find this being the most probable response. The rest is located in North Korea.
America. Taking backward steps every day.
While I can appreciate a good America-bashing as much as the next person, how is this a step backwards? The US meets the criteria of having less than 50 transmissions per 100,000, I'm assuming it's one of the other criteria that the US doesn't do that makes it fail to have "eliminated" HIV transmission.