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On June 7, 2016, WHO certified that Thailand had eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, becoming only the second non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country after Cuba to achieve these goals. WHO also validated Belarus for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis on June 8. 4 This is not only a public health success story for Thailand, but also an affirmation of how internationally agreed aspirational goals--from WHO's Health for All by 2000 campaign and the UN's 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS to the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals--can help health ministries to mobilise political will, public funds, and committed implementation.