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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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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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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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