Health
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CARICOM JOINS FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS STIGMA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington has issued a call for all persons in the CARICOM Region to strive to control the scourge of HIV/AIDS, and to give hope to persons living with the disease. Speaking at a seminar held at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana on Monday 15 November to…
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CARICOM REGION BETTER POSITIONED TO UNDERTAKE DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has secured the sum of US$81 million in USAID Assistance to undertake its regional development priorities in Trade Competitiveness, HIV/AIDS and the reconstruction of Grenada. The funds, which make up part of a five-year programme, mark another important stage in what is described as a “strong, substantial and strategic relationship between USAID…
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YOUTH AMBASSADORS TO SPEAK ON REGIONAL COURT, SINGLE MARKET & HIV/AIDS
A new group of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors, selected from among their peers across the Region, will participate in a four-day strategic planning workshop beginning Saturday 31st July 2004 in St Kitts and Nevis. The young persons will be inducted into the Ambassadorship Programme at a function scheduled to take place at the headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central…
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The Caribbean Community mourns the passing of one of its pioneer sons, Sir Kenneth Standard, Professor Emeritus (Community Health) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) at the age of 82. Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Rex Nettleford, remembering Sir Kenneth, recalled that in 1948 this young Barbadian, already a headmaster in his native island journeyed to Mona,…
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CARICOM COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON HEALTH
Health, Sustainable Development and the Environment will be the focus of the deliberations of the Tenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which takes place at the Tobago Hilton, Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago, on 28-30 April 2004. As the Community continues to put in place the polices and programmes to accelerate the integration process, significant among…
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REMARKS BY RENEE WEST MENDOZA – CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER CARIBBEAN COALITION OF NATIONAL AIDS PROGRAMME COORDINATORS (CCNAPC)ON BEHALF OF DR. YITADES GEBRE, CHAIRMAN, CCNAPC, AT THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP ON HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
SALUTATIONS I bring you greetings on behalf of my Chairman, Dr Yitades Gebre who could not be here today at this important meeting and sends his regrets. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean has had, and will have crippling and devastating effects on us all. It is one of the most formidable and daunting challenges to the socio-economic development of…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Third Annual General Meeting of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was held in Georgetown, Guyana on 12-13 November 2003, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health, Republic of Guyana, assisted by Deputy Chairperson, H.E. Ms. Dolores Balderamas Garcia, Ambassador/Chairperson National AIDS Commission, Belize. OPENING CEREMONY The Opening Ceremony was chaired by Dr. Edward…
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TELEVISED REMARKS BY DR. PETER PIOT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNAIDS, UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dear Participants of the Third Annual PANCAP Meeting, First of all, I wish to express my best wishes and solidarity with you in your continuing leadership in the response to AIDS. I am sorry not to be able to be with you in person. The Pan-Caribbean partnership against HIV/AIDS has come a long way: from the first ‘concept’ back in…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is indeed an honour for me to Chair this opening session and PANCAP III and even moreso a pleasure to extend greetings to you all on behalf of the Secretary General and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat and the PANCAP Coordinating Unit. Permit me to take this opportunity to make some general remarks as well as to update this…
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MESSAGE FROM DR. THE HON. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIRMAN OF PANCAP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I send you all very fond greetings and best wishes on the occasion of the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS. PANCAP as it is affectionately known, is a very special mechanism endorsed by the Heads of Government of CARICOM as a pillar of the Nassau Declaration which emphasised that the “health of the region…
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