Kolkata, Dec. 11 -- World Health Organization has congratulated Sri Lanka for achieving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis.
"Sri Lanka's achievement once again demonstrates the country's commitment to public health and builds on the strong foundation of primary health care services that it laid several decades ago," Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia in a statement said.
She said the country has not reported any case of mother-to-child transmission of HIV since 2017 and its congenital syphilis cases have consistently been two per 100 000 live births, much less than fifty per 100 000 live births needed for elimination certification, as per the findings of the Glob...