Overview
- WHO announced the certification on February 27, 2026, confirming Denmark’s status as the first EU country to reach this goal for HIV and syphilis.
- Denmark met EMTCT targets during 2021–2024, with elimination defined as testing and treating at least 95 of every 100 pregnant women and keeping new infant infections below 50 per 100,000 births.
- The validation followed reviews by WHO’s Regional Validation Committee in June 2025 and the Global Validation Advisory Committee in August 2025.
- Denmark reports low prevalence: about 5,950 people living with HIV, less than 0.1% of pregnant women affected, and 626 syphilis cases in 2024 mostly in men, with congenital syphilis uncommon.
- The country is working with WHO toward validation of eliminating mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission as it pursues full triple elimination.