The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Sri Lanka as a country that has successfully eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV, stated the National STD/AIDS Control Programme.The relevant certificate for the declaration will be issued to Sri Lanka before the end of the year 2019, stated the Deputy Director of National STD/AIDS Control Programme Dr. Lilani Rajapaksa.Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a woman living with HIV to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding.