By: Times of Oman

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman obtained the international recognition certificate for eliminating the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child from the World Health Organisation. Oman is the first country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to obtain this prestigious global certificate, Oman News Agency (ONA), announced.

By obtaining this recognition, Oman is achieving the goal of the Global Strategy for the Global Health Sector 2022-2030, which aims to achieve the elimination of HIV from mother to child in at least 50 countries by 2025 and 100 countries by 2050.

The international recognition certificate will be delivered in an official ceremony to be held on Wednesday in the presence of high-level local and international experts.