Regional theme addresses practitioner qualifications

Cuba became the first country validated for eliminating mother-to-child HIV and syphilis transmission as public-health problems.

Testing and treatment during pregnancy formed part of the services WHO assessed.

The validation recognized work to prevent both infections passing from mother to child.

The finding does not mean that every possible individual transmission had become impossible.

The 2015 regional observance used regulation of traditional health practitioners as its theme.

The 2015 event called for systems to protect patients from potentially harmful practices.

The observance raised how countries might recognize practitioners while safeguarding the public.

The prize announcement recognized her discovery of a novel malaria therapy.

Tu’s research had consulted old medical literature while combining it with modern laboratory testing.

The 2015 award also honored Campbell and Ōmura for work on another antiparasitic treatment.