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Detailed explanation-1: -SEAR/PR/1627. New Delhi/Bangkok : Thailand today received validation from WHO for having eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, becoming the first country in Asia and the Pacific region and also the first with a large HIV epidemic to ensure an AIDS-free generation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thailand is first country in Asia to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Detailed explanation-3: -WHO validates Cuba’s elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. Washington DC-Geneva-Cuba today became the first country in the world to receive validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) that it has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Saint Kitts and Nevis were today certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2020, the estimated number of HIV-infected people in Thailand stood at around 500 thousand, followed by about 250 thousand HIV-infected people in Vietnam. In comparison, the estimated number of HIV-infected people in Sri Lanka was around 3.7 thousand that year.