PAHO and UNAIDS highlight key role of communities in advancing towards the elimination of AIDS as a public health problem
Washington, DC./Panama City, 30 November 2023 (PAHO) – On World AIDS Day (December 1), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlight the key role of communities and civil society in the provision of HIV…
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PAHO/WHO and UNAIDS urge eliminating inequalities to end AIDS
World AIDS Day – December 1st New HIV infections in Latin America have not declined from 2010 to 2020 while reduction in the Caribbean is not on track to meet targets. Accelerating introduction and scale-up of new prevention and treatment…
Cayman Islands Minister of Health’s message for World AIDS Day
From Cayman Islands Minister for Health Hon.Dwayne Seymour: On Saturday, 1 December 2018, the Cayman Islands joins countries around the globe in marking the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day.Much has changed since that first observance, but this year’s theme…
Caribbean AIDS response too slow – UNAIDS Director
By Paul Clarke From Jamaica Gleaner Fifty-seven per cent of all persons living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are on treatment and 40 per cent are virally suppressed, but to reach targets that will set the Caribbean on track…
Pan-Caribbean multi-stakeholders to discuss strategy for ending AIDS
By: Denis Chabrol From Demerar Waves The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, will host the Joint Regional Dialogue with Faith Leaders,…
Haiti – Justice : More than 75% of prisoners in Haitian prisons have never been tried
From Haiti Libre The situation of people in prolonged pretrial detention is one of the causes of the overcrowding rate of prisons in Haiti. According to figures from the Directorate of Prison Administration (DAP), on average 74% of men, 82%…
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Strategy workshop held in Guyana for domestic, innovative financing for HIV, malaria in Caribbean
From the CARICOM Secretariat Greater Georgetown, Guyana – The Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Global Fund Board (DCNGO), Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) and the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) collaborated with the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism…
HIV prevention in the spotlight report launched at World AIDS Day event
From ZIZ News Online (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis had the pleasure of hosting the regional World AIDS Day celebration in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and UNAIDS where the “HIV Prevention in the…
Six Caribbean territories and states eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
The World Health Organization has validated Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts and Nevis as achieving dual elimination Saint Kitts and Nevis/ Geneva, December 1, 2017 – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat…
New PAHO/WHO, UNAIDS report puts HIV prevention in the spotlight
World AIDS Day 2017 – December 1 PAHO/WHO, UNAIDS call for stepping up HIV prevention efforts and offering all available options to prevent new infections New report says that expanding access to all prevention options could reduce the 120,000 new…
