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St. Kitts and Nevis CYA urges inclusion at PANCAP meeting
Georgetown, Guyana, April 17, 2015: Incoming Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Corps, Mr. Klieon John, made a strong appeal for Regional stakeholders to include youth in policy planning in the response to HIV/AIDS at a multilateral meeting in Guyana on Wednesday. The recommendation was made at the Twenty-Third Executive Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) which was…
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Generational shift threatens global progress against HIV
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Haiti has frequently been cited as one of the bright spots in the world’s battle against HIV/AIDS. The country, the poorest in the western hemisphere, saw its rate of new HIV infections plummet by more than 50 percent from 2004 to 2012. AIDS-related deaths have…
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Commission committed to eliminating HIV stigma
The National HIV/AIDS Commission is actively working towards the goal of having an AIDS free, HIV stigma and discrimination free generation by 2020. Director of the Commission, Jacqueline Wiltshire Gay says they are hoping to make significant progress during the next strategic period, which will be guided by the National Strategic Plan 2014-18 for HIV: Investing for Results. Wiltshire Gay…
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ECLAC, UNAIDS sign agreement to support regional response to HIV-AIDS
SANTIAGO, Chile, Mar. 26, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Latin America aimed at promoting and facilitating cooperation on matters related to the regional response to HIV/AIDS. The MOU signed by ECLAC’s executive secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and César Núñez, regional director…
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PANCAP and the Dominican Republic Commit to Strengthening the Partnership
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — Population Services International (PSI), Domincan Republic, organised a press conference this morning to share the work PANCAP is supporting in the Dominican Republic. Dereck Springer, Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), explained that the mission this week is to foster closer collaboration between the PANCAP and the Dominican Republic at the…
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PANCAP and Haiti to Foster Closer Collaboration
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Mr Dereck Springer, Director of the Coordinating Unit of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) visited Haiti last week, 2- 5 March, to strengthen relationships with various stakeholders. Early in the week, Mr Springer met with Haitian Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr Florence Duperval Guillaume and other members of the Ministry as…
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Caribbean countries concerned over new strain of HIV/AIDS virus
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – Caribbean countries were on Wednesday expressing concerns over a new strain of HIV virus that has been identified by Cuban scientists. The Ministry of Health here said that research indicates that this strain CRF19CPX develops much faster into full blown AIDS than previous strains of the virus, a statement from the Ministry said Wednesday. “Though…
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Mutated Strain of HIV that Leads to AIDS within 3 Yrs Found in Cuba
A team of Belgian researchers reported a new strain of HIV in Cuban patients that can result in AIDS within three years, if no cure is administered. Researchers worry that the mutated HIV strain could evolve so quick that patients will get antiretroviral therapy only after it is already too late. According to the researchers, the newly found strain become…
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Jamaica on track to end mother-child transmission of HIV
JAMAICA is on track to be among the first countries in the world to reach the targets for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, according to the Ministry of Health. The country's status will be confirmed later this month, once the Ministry of Health submits its country report to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). UNAIDS acknowledged the major…
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Inequality Fuels HIV Epidemic in the Caribbean
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Feb 10 2015 (IPS) – At 49 years old, Edison Liburd has established himself as one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most recognisable artists. But Liburd was not always in the spotlight. In fact, you could say he was a man in hiding. “I have been infected with the HIV virus for about 24 years. I got my first…
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