In May 2024, World Health Organization (WHO) certified Namibia as having reached “silver tier” status for progress in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
The country also attained a “bronze tier” status on the path to ending transmission of hepatitis B from mother to child.
“It is so gratifying to note that after 22 years of concerted effort, we have now come to the situation where World Health Organization has recognized that Namibia is on the path to elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and hepatitis B,” says Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Namibia’s Minister of Health.
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