Học qua tin: Cuba loại trừ lây nhiễm HIV từ mẹ sang con

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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.

It is estimated that each year 1.4 million women living with HIV become pregnant. Untreated they have a 15-45% chance of transmitting the virus during pregnancy, labour or breastfeeding. The risk drops to just over 1% if the mother and baby are treated with antiretrovirals.

Scientists have said eradicating Aids is feasible if HIV prevention contins to grow, even if there is no cure. The reduction in infection rates in Cuba is seen as a major breakthrough in the campaign to rid the world of the virus.

In 2013, only two babies were born with HIV in Cuba, and only five born with congenital syphilis. According to the WHO, the number of children born every year with HIV has almost halved since 2009, to 240,000 in 2013.

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