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9% increase in new HIV infections in the Caribbean
By CMC From WiredJa DURBAN, South Africa, Jul 23, CMC – The 21st International AIDS Conference has ended here with the Caribbean reporting a nione per cent increase in new HIV infections. The United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for HIV in…
Two UWI professors to serve on council of International AIDS Society
BY ANIKA RICHARDS From Jamaica Observer DURBAN, South Africa — Two professors of paediatrics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, are to serve on the International AIDS Society’s (IAS) governing council for the next four years. Professors…
PANCAP commits to sustaining regional response to HIV
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) partners have ended a meeting here committing to implementing high-impact cost-effective interventions to sustain national and regional responses. A statement issued at…
Getting to Zero: World AIDS Day
The Public Health Department, the Cayman AIDS Foundation and the Cayman Islands Red Cross have partnered to organize five days of free HIV/AIDS testing as part of its World AIDS Day which is observed on 1 December each year. Taking…
Take the Test, Take Control – Know your HIV Status
Free HIV testing will be available for all Cayman Islands residents during HIV Testing Week 2014 from Monday, 23 to Saturday, 28 June 2014. The Health Services Authority (HSA), the Cayman AIDS Foundation (CAF) and the Cayman Islands Red Cross…
Workshop paves the way for HIV operational plans
A two-day HIV/AIDS workshop brought together local medical professionals, government staff, NGO’s, and private sector groups on Wednesday, 4 June and Thursday, 5 June. Health Minister, Hon. Osbourne Bodden opened the workshop at the Hibiscus Conference Room located at the…
First case of lesbian HIV transmission confirmed
From Caribbean360 Previous reports of women contracting HIV from other women via sex have been hard to prove with other risk factors present. NEW YORK, United States, The first case of female-to-female HIV transmission during sex has been confirmed by…
Caribbean Project: The Origin of AIDS
By Hunter Wallace From Occidental Dissent AIDS came to the United States from Haiti Haiti In the mid-1970s, Port-au-Prince in Haiti was a prime destination for American gay sex tourism, especially for male homosexuals in the New York City metropolitan…
Caribbean: Governments make strides to combat HIV, AIDS
By Ezra Fieser for Infosurhoy.com The disease remains the leading cause of death among men and women between the ages of 20 and 59, according to the World Health Organization. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The number of deaths caused…
Initiative to sustain Caribbean HIV responses underway
PHOTO: Minister of Health Alvina Reynolds On Jan. 23 government representatives from the health and finance ministries of eight Caribbean countries joined civil society and international development partners in Gros Islet, St. Lucia to begin two days of deliberations on…
