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  • April 6, 2005
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    CARICOM STATISTICIANS ENDORSE COORDINATED ACTIVITY BETWEEN CIVIL REGISTRARS AND VITAL STATISTICIANS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The first Regional Workshop bringing together some seventeen Civil Registrars and Vital Statisticians from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States ended in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, 6 April, with participants endorsing an initiative to establish a CARICOM Association of Civil Registrars and Vital Statisticians. The Association will lead in the execution of the plan of action adopted…

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  • April 4, 2005
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    REGIONAL FERTILITY AND MORTALITY STATISTICAL WORKSHOP UNDER WAY

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)   Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries gearing for the December 2005 implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) are steadily focusing on improving their statistical database to ensure the effective flow of information when the CSM takes off. To this end, a three-day workshop under the theme Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM…

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  • April 1, 2005
    417

    PANCAP OBSERVES BRAZIL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME

    A high level team led by Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis will visit Brazil from 4-8 April 2005 to examine that country's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to explore avenues for technical cooperation between the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and Brazil, in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The leading…

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  • November 24, 2004
    411

    COURTNEY WALSH AND OTHER CHAMPIONS PLEDGE TO FIGHT TO REDUCE HIV/AIDS-RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION

    Under the theme – Champions for Change – a Conference, hosted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in partnership with the Caribbean-led Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and the United Kingdom Department For International Development (DFID), was held in St. Kitts and Nevis on 22-24 November 2004. The purpose of the Meeting was to share International Best Practices on reducing…

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  • November 23, 2004
    357

    PRESENTATION BY H. E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM TO THE CARICOM-UK CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGE: REDUCE HIV/AIDS RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION, 23 NOVEMBER, 2004, MARRIOTT HOTEL, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS .

    Leadership Confronting HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in The Caribbean The year is 1982. The first case of HIV/AIDS was diagnosed in the Region. As we meet today, two decades later:     There are more than 500, 000 infected persons     40,000 are dead as a result     Over US$50M in direct and indirect costs have been lost to the economies…

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  • November 19, 2004
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    CARICOM YOUTHS URGED TO BE ADVOCATES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A CARICOM Minister responsible for youth affairs has challenged the Community's young people with the responsibility to “make a difference” in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic. The challenge came from the Hon. Winston Williams, Minister of Health, Youth and Sports, Antigua and Barbuda, as he addressed the Region's youth participating in a…

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  • November 19, 2004
    534

    CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGE: CARICOM/UK MEETING SEEKS TO END HIV STIGMA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A three-day conference under the theme, Champions for Change, involving at least one Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister, Ministers of Government, health officials and civil society representatives from the Region as well as the United Kingdom opens in St. Kitts on Monday, November 22. The conference, which takes place at the Marriott Hotel, aims to reduce…

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  • November 16, 2004
    383

    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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  • November 10, 2004
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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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  • August 29, 2004
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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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