“Eradicating poverty is the greatest challenge facing the world today”, and HIV and AIDS and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) must be addressed if poverty is to be eradicated. This is the view of UN Assistant Secretary, Ms Elizabeth Thompson, who delivered the keynote address to the Official Ope ...

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Ministers of Health from 14 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have taken a step to ensure the survival of the region's AIDS response. The Caribbean has asked the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS TB and Malaria to review new eligibility criteria for funding which "have prejudiced the region".  T ...

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Sir George Alleyne wants a couple myths dispelled. "Cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease account for two-thirds of deaths globally. People continue to think that this is true of infectious diseases but that is no longer so. It is a myth that these are diseases of the elderly. Quar ...

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PORT OF SPAIN, July 18th, 2012  --   “Together we will end AIDS”—a new report released today by UNAIDS ahead of the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. next week—offers a status update on the global HIV epidemic. It shares the latest data on new HIV infection ...

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CARICOM leaders are being urged to stop paying lip service and act on ensuring the human rights are in place as they relate to a resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). The Heads of Government are meeting in St. Lucia where several regional civil society organisations called o ...

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The Coalition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite, Transsexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTTTI) Latin American and Caribbean organizations (The Coalition) is calling on all Caribbean states to implement the Organisation of American States (OAS) Resolutions on human rights, sexual orientation  ...

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Q&A with United Nations Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean, Dr. Edward Greene, on the region's human rights agenda The recently appointed United Nations Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean has gotten his feet wet. By engaging political leaders and members of civil society from Basseter ...

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HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) may be an effective strategy to prevent transmission of HIV in developing countries. This study aimed to determine the effect of combining VCT with primary health care service. The researchers hypothesised that the combination of these services would have  ...

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One regional body is calling on CARICOM to rethink its definition of vulnerable groups so that it would include those such as sex workers, prisoners and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) community.   At stake is a slice of just over four million euros being provided by the EU  ...

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A message from UNAIDS Caribbean Director, Dr. Ernest Massiah, on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) 2012. Many of us have someone in our families who is gay.  Or bisexual. Similarly, we have family members who are tall. Or short. But we don’t make an issue of t ...

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In 2008, recognizing the efficacy of condoms in the prevention of unwanted pregnancy and HIV/STIs, PANCAP published the Regional Model Condom Policy (MCP). This policy is intended to serve as a reference for countries to facilitate a rights-based approach to appropriate condom programming. This revi ...

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The Sexuality and Social Policy Journal is accepting articles for a special issue on Sexual Health in the Caribbean. This special issue is intended to showcase the work researchers are doing to address the multiple areas of sexual health in the Caribbean* and the Caribbean diaspora. Authors are ...

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Caribbean countries, faced with potential political and religious fall-out, plan to take a regional approach in scrapping laws against buggery and prostitution by 2015, according to a senior United Nations (UN) official. Most of the former British colonies that are Caricom member-nations have been ...

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WHO recommendations related to use of hormonal contraceptives remain unchanged. The use of condoms—male and female—is a reliable method of HIV prevention. A stakeholder consultation convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva has reviewed recent epidemiological studies related to H ...

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 Summary of the second phase of the CARISMA programme, including success from CARISMA I, and plans and activities for CARISMA II, which intends to broaden the scope of the programme and encompass sexual and repoductive health. Also summarises the future regional activities planned across the Ca ...

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 CARISMA, now in its second phase, is a regional social marketing programme which aims to prevent HIV and improve sexual and reproductive health in selected Caribbean countries. This Statement of Purpose outlines the aims, rationale and proposed regional activities for CARISMA’s work to suppo ...

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 This Research Brief presents regional Condom Market Data, including sales and distribution, across 13 PANCAP countries, collected between 2005 and 2008

Summary of the CARISMA Total Market Approach (TMA) programme, whose aim is to expand condom access and availability for the poorest and highest-risk groups while simultaneously increasing condom demand and use across the public, private, NGO and social marketing sectors. Explains how TMA works, and  ...

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This report presents results of an analysis of the TCM in selected countries of the Eastern Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Sint Maarten and selected Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) islands (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Gr ...

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  This policy document displays the Caribbean background and context for the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. It then goes on to provide strategic information on products and quality assurance, condom procurement, import duty and taxation, condom accessibility and dist ...

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