Barbados meets global HIV targets

After more than three decades of work to tackle mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Barbados has achieved the elimination of transmission of the viral disease as a public health problem, Senior Medical Officer of Health and HIV/STI Programme Manager Dr Dale Babb said on Friday.

Between 2022 and 2024, 6 352 live births were recorded in Barbados, with no new HIV infections resulting from mother-to-child transmission.

The achievement was formally recognised at a ceremony at the Sandals Royal Ballroom in Maxwell, Christ Church, hosted by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health and Wellness.