Health experts meet in Uganda for HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis elimination

Ugandan Vice President Jessica Alupo delivers remarks on behalf of President Yoweri Museveni at the 2025 Africa Triple Elimination Conference in Kampala on July 21, 2025.

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Health experts, policymakers, and researchers on Monday began a three-day meeting in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across Africa.

The event, held under the theme “Unifying Actions, Transforming Futures: Achieving Triple Elimination in Africa by 2030,” is dubbed as Africa's first-ever high-level conference focused on the triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B.