Cuba Validated as the First Country to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Congenital Syphilis: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of the Global Validation Methodology

Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Dec;43(12):733-736. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000528.

Authors

Sonja Caffe¹, Freddy Perez, Mary L Kamb, Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon, Monica Alonso, Ralph Midy, Lori Newman, Chika Hayashi, Massimo Ghidinelli

Affiliation

¹ From the *Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC; †U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, Atlanta, GA; ‡Perinatology Center, Montevideo, Uruguay; §United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Panama; and ¶World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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MeSH terms

Cuba
Disease Eradication
Female
Global Health / standards*
HIV Infections / transmission*
Health Plan Implementation / methods*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control*
Syphilis, Congenital / transmission*

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