The Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed that Armenia has maintained its status as a country that has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV for the period 2020-2023. The WHO reported about this in an official letter, informs the Ministry of Health of Armenia.

Simultaneously with the reaffirmation of the status, the GVAC has offered recommendations aimed at further maintaining the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the implementation of which is planned for the next three years.

The next aforesaid assessment of Armenia—and for the period 2024-2027—will be made in 2028.