Health
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HIV/AIDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES TO DEVELOP STRATEGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Human Rights and HIV/AIDS advocates from across the Caribbean will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on 25 to 26 May 2006 at a workshop to develop strategies for rights based responses to HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean. The workshop is convened by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) Law, Ethics and Human Rights project…
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HIV/AIDS INTERVENTION FOR CARICOM MEMBER STATES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The quality of life for an estimated five hundred and fifty persons living with HIV/AIDS in the six OECS Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is expected to improve with the introduction of a comprehensive programme for care, treatment and support funded by the Government of Brazil. The programme will be spearheaded…
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STATEMENT ON THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) AND THE DONOR COMMUNITY, 13 FEBRUARY 2006, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), convened its first meeting with the Donor Community on Monday 13 February 2006, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica. The meeting focused on Improving Harmonisation of HIV/AIDS programme activity with particular emphasis on more standardised funding and reporting arrangements. The engagement between PANCAP and the Donor Community carried several objectives. These included PANCAP’s…
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CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Examine Biodiversity, Healthy Lifestyle Project In Central Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A group of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYA)are presently in Guyana working with their peers from across the Region to develop strategies to fight against HIV/AIDS. This they are doing while at the same time observing Guyana’s biodiversity, by journeying to the central part of the country for a three-day visit to the…
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Faith-Based Organisations commit to prevent spread of HIV/AIDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)Approximately 100 leaders from Faith-based Organisations (FBOs) across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) committed themselves to cooperate with and actively support governmental, non-governmental and other agencies, and people living with HIV/AIDS in an effort to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and to provide care, support and treatment to people infected with and affected by the disease. The…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 31 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 2005, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
INTRODUCTION The Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 31 October to 2 November 2005. Under the theme Sustaining a Best Practice through Partnership, the meeting’s objectives were to update and analyse the work of the approximately 77-member partnership, over the past year…
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YOUTH TRAINING ADVANCES IN REGIONAL HIV/AIDS FIGHT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean region seeks to intensify its response in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a number of the Region’s youth are being empowered to develop and implement community-based HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support and stigma and discrimination projects. The capacity building initiatives and financial resources are being provided under the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP)/CARICOM Youth…
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CARICOM/PANCAP PARTNERS IN NEW HIV/AIDS LANDMARK
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The decision by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and its partners: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the German Development Bank (KfW) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a regional social marketing programme represents a new landmark in the Caribbean's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This decision was the result…
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LETTER OF INTENTION BETWEEN THE CARICOM/PANCAP MEETING TO BRAZIL, 3-8 APRIL 2005 AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF BRAZIL
The CARICOM/Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) observation mission to Brasilia, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 4-8 April 2005 comprised Dr. The Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chair of PANCAP, Hon. John Maginley, Minister of Health, Sports and Youth Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda and Chair of Council for Human and Social…
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BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CARIBBEAN HIV/AIDS PROGRAMMES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) President of Brazil, His Excellency Lula Inacio Lula da Silva has guaranteed his country's support for Technical Cooperation Programmes and capacity building of HIV/AIDS experts through exchange programmes with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. President Lula gave this assurance during a meeting with Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, at the Presidential…
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