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New five-year roadmap guides Asia Pacific countries toward elimination of mother-to-child HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B transmission

BANGKOK, 10 April, 2025—Every child deserves the best start to a healthy life, free from preventable diseases and infections. To this end, today the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS launched the Regional Roadmap for the Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B in the Asia and Pacific Region (2024–2030). This resource offers guidance to strengthen national strategies and operational plans to end these three diseases among children in… Read More

Category: News Tags: Asia Pacific, EMTCT, health, hepatitis, hepatitis B, HIV, Mother-to-child transmission, News, PMTCT, public-health, Regional Roadmap, Syphilis, Triple elimination, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO

Towards an HIV and Syphilis-free generations in India

Universal screening of HIV and Syphilis among pregnant women is now a policy being implemented by the Government of India. Preeti Sudan, the newly appointed Health Secretary has directed the national health sector towards the urgent need to strengthen strategies for scaling-up testing services for HIV and Syphilis at both public and private health care centres in the country for early detection and treatment of all found positive. The prevention of parent-to-child… Read More

Category: News Tags: India, PMTCT, Syphilis