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Barbados and the region scale up preparedness plan for avian influenza
VETERINARY OFFICIALS from Barbados and the Caribbean, as well as members of the poultry sector, are on high alert, and have been working tirelessly to scale up their preparedness planning to prevent the introduction and spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The Caribbean Animal Health Network, known as CaribVET, and the Caribbean Poultry Association (CPA), convened a three-day…
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Caribbean Development Bank Strengthens Haiti’s Efforts to Improve Access to Sanitation Services
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – On July 16, 2015, the Caribbean Development Bank’s Board of Directors approved USD211,000 in financing to help strengthen Haiti’s technical capacity to improve its population’s access to sanitation services. The funding, provided through the Bank’s Special Fund Resources, will contribute to the Governance and Sanitation Training Programme, which is to be run from September to December 2015.…
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CARPHA visit covers tourism and health
CARPHA continues to advocate collaboration between health and tourism sectors to jointly address the critical link between tourism and health. One way of achieving this objective would be to strengthen the existing national surveillance system through the addition of an early warning and response mechanisms for travel related illnesses, i.e. establishing the monitoring of illnesses among visitors in hotels and…
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Strengthening Caribbean Regional Health Security Preparedness and Response
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) hosted a workshop titled Strengthening Caribbean Regional Health Security, Preparedness and Response from 20-22 July 2015. The three day workshop focused on contact tracing, and sought to promote and strengthen Member States’ capacity to respond to epidemic outbreaks and identify incidents that may be potential public health emergencies of international concern. While there are…
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Caribbean Sex Workers Trained in Advocacy for Health Care Rights
Thirty (30) sex workers from six Caribbean countries are now equipped to better advocate for their right to appropriate health care and to help their peers to do the same. The Guyana Sex Work Coalition in association with the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition and supported by the Global Network of Sex Work Projects joined forces to train the participants…
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PAHO/WHO issues warning as study shows high rates of harmful alcohol consumption in Caribbean
WASHINGTON, United States, Wednesday July 22, 2015 – Three CARICOM nations have been identified as having the highest rates of harmful alcohol consumption in the Americas, and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is recommending that countries limit availability, restrict marketing and increase taxes on alcohol. Releasing its first Regional Status Report on Alcohol and Health in the Americas…
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Caribbean successfully conducts Ebola simulation exercise
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – As part of preparation efforts to prevent and manage potential Ebola cases, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) hosted an Ebola simulation exercise, Exercise Hummingbird. This table top exercise took place from 13 – 14 July, within 13 CARPHA Member States. Chief…
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Vancouver HIV-AIDS meeting seen as step towards ending pandemic by 2030
VANCOUVER — Global partners in the Diagnostics Access Initiative have joined with Roche Diagnostics to announce a 35 percent reduction in the price for HIV early infant diagnostic technologies. The new access price is US$9.40 per test, including proprietary reagents and consumables associated with diagnosing HIV in very young children. Partners involved in the negotiation of this reduced access price…
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UNAIDS announces that the goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met nine months ahead of schedule
The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ADDIS ABABA/GENEVA, 14 July 2015—The AIDS targets of MDG 6—halting and reversing the spread of HIV—have been achieved and exceeded, according to a new report released today…
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Sharp Decline in HIV Contraction Regionally
Combat HIV, AIDS and other diseases is United Nations Millennium Development goal number six. A July 15 United Nations AIDS Programme report indicates that compared to other regions of the world, the Caribbean region is way ahead in the achievement of this goal. According to the report titled, How AIDS Changed Everything — MDG 6: 15 years, 15 Lessons of…
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