SHOBHA SHUKLA, BOBBY RAMAKANT - CNS
End vertical transmission of HIV, hepatitis-B and syphilis by 2030 or earlier
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Despite knowing how to prevent vertical transmission (from mother to the baby) of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B infections, we are failing with every child who is born with either of these preventable infections. We have the science-backed tools to ensure that all children are born free of these three infections. Failing to deploy them with utmost effectiveness is highly unacceptable.
All governments have committed to achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets. The promise to end AIDS, end viral hepatitis and other communicable diseases, like syphilis. are part of the SDGs too. Strong evidence since years has repeatedly proven that it is possible to ensure that all children born to parent(s) with HIV, hepatitis-B or syphilis, can be born free of these three infections.
No excuse for inaction
To spur progress towards ensuring that all children are born free of these 3 infections, UNICEF, WHO and UNAIDS have recently launched a roadmap for the triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B in Asia and the Pacific region for 2024-2030. The roadmap builds on the existing WHO Regional Framework for the Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis in Asia and the Pacific 2018-2030.
Earlier, WHO Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) had set an ambitious goal of ending all preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths, including stillbirths, by 2030.
Similarly, in 2022, the World Health Assembly had endorsed the three interlinked "Global health sector Strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections for 2022-2030" to eliminate vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis-B viruses.
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