WHO Regional Director for Europe
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Leading WHO Europe's elimination efforts
Every year, roughly 120,000 children worldwide are born with HIV they could have avoided. Denmark just proved that number can be zero. On February 27, 2026, the World Health Organization validated Denmark as the first European Union country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, confirming that routine prenatal screening and treatment drove new infant infections to zero across four consecutive years.
Updated Feb 28
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