The World Health Organization on Tuesday declared Cuba the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child.
The WHO said in a statement that an international delegation that it and the Pan American Health Organization sent to Cuba in March determined the country met the criteria for the designation. In 2013, only two children in Cuba were born with HIV and five with syphilis, the statement said.
“Cuba’s success demonstrates that universal access and universal health coverage are feasible and indeed are the key to success, even against challenges as daunting as HIV,” PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said in the statement.
Cuba’s Communist government considers its free healthcare a major achievement of the 1959 revolution, although ordinary Cubans complain of a decline in standards since the fall of the Soviet Union, the country’s former benefactor, in 1991.
The PAHO and WHO credited Cuba with offering women early access to prenatal care, HIV and syphilis testing, and treatment for mothers who test positive. The two organizations began an effort to end congenital transmission of HIV and syphilis in Cuba and other countries in the Americas in 2010.
Bang bang Cooba, yu always a winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Original World Boss Fidel di more dem study yuh, di more dem haffi respect yuh. Shet yuh gate and nuh let dem in, is thiefT dem ah look sumting fi thieFt! Merica and dem Jung bang fren dem badmind yuh from 1959 till now..nuh look pon dem :travel
Jamaicans are concern that Cuba is gonna make inroads into our tourism market n tek whey the tourists.Cuba doesn’t just offer sun,sand,sex n heritage.Cuba offers the world’s #1 medical tourism product.
As soon as them free up,tens of thousands of ppl will go to Cuba for lifesaving n cosmetic surgery too.They offer the highest quality at dirt cheap prices.
Yes Cuba, now I see y the US a beg friend, keep one eye open around them they can be trusted
Now imagine If the powers that be did not have that noose around Cuba’s neck for the past half a century… Cuba to the World!!!