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Closing the Gap to Universal Access” Remarks by Mr Dereck Springer, PANCAP Coordinating Unit Director
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 2014 World AIDS Day theme is ‘Closing the Gap’. This theme challenges us as Policy makers, programme managers and implementers to identify and develop strategies and policies for closing the gap in resources to achieve universal access. For the Caribbean, removing the barriers that impede universal access by all members of our society…
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Working Towards an AIDS-Free Caribbean at the 13th Annual General Meeting of PANCAP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) This week, leaders and key decision-makers gathered to strategise and to identify the actions needed to achieve the goals set out by the recently adopted Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework (CRSF) 2014-2018. A recurring theme of the discussions at the 13th Annual general meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) was…
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History wil Judge us -US Ambassador tells PANCAP 13TH AGM Official Opening
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In what could only be described as a most memorable opening, the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) got underway in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, last evening 3 November 2014, under the chairmanship of PANCAP Coordinating Unit Director, Dereck Springer . Speakers from Guadeloupe, international development partners and…
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PANCAP to present Awards of Excellence at 13th AGM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Official Opening of the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) takes place at the Creole Beach Hotel, Guadeloupe on Monday evening, 03 November 2014. Deborah L. Birx, M.D., Ambassador‐at‐Large and Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally will deliver the keynote…
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Communique On Pancap Second Annual Meeting of National Aids Programme Managers, Senior National Officials And Regional Partners
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The second annual meeting of National AIDS Programme Managers, Senior Health Officials and HIV and AIDS Regional partners, was held in Port-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 23-24 October 2014 with funding from the PANCAP Global Fund Round 9 Grant. Co-chairs of the meeting: Mr. Dereck Springer, Director of the PANCAP Coordinating Unit; Dr. Ernest…
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Caribbean Ministers Give Medical Laboratories an Urgent Assignment
The 19th Special Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) held in Washington DC, 27-28 September, has endorsed an initiative which the Caribbean Med Labs Foundation (CMLF) is facilitating under its CARICOM-PANCAP Global Fund Programme, aimed at transforming the health laboratory environment. This is a crucial development for Public Health in the region, as in the face of increasing demands, Caribbean medical…
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US Ambassador Birx to deliver keynote address to PANCAP 13th AGM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) — Under the theme, “Positioning the Partnership for Post-2015,” more than one hundred representatives of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will meet for the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Partnership, on 3-4 November 2014, in Guadeloupe. World re-known expert on HIV and Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of the United States…
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Key Decision-Makers Tackle Important Issues Affecting the Region’s Response to HIV
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Key decision-makers of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) met this week for a series of strategic meetings vital to the region’s continued response to HIV. Notable achievements of the meetings were the endorsement of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework (CRSF), 2014-2018 and the endorsement of the next steps in the…
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PANCAP to hold high-level meetings
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A series of high-level meetings of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, next week. On Monday, 22 September, members of the Priority Areas Coordinating Committee (PACC), the technical advisory group to the PANCAP Executive Board, will meet to review key projects.…
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PANCAP represents Region at 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia
Melbourne, Australia—Caribbean success stories on advocacy and human rights formed part of the region’s presentation to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia last week. Dereck Springer, Coordinating Unit Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) was among those who attended to represent PANCAP and the region. Mr Springer had two opportunities to present on behalf…
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