The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) in keeping with its new 2012 – 2014 strategic direction of Strengthening Community Knowledge on the scientific, political and socioeconomic aspects of management of HIV and related infections is in the process of developing a HIV Treatment  ...

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The British HIV Association (BHIVA) today recommends that doctors should discuss the evidence for the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment as prevention with all patients with HIV, and that it should be offered those who want to protect their partners from the risk of HIV infection – even ...

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 This study, which is the second TRaC study among sex workers in Haiti on the use of condoms during sexual intercourse, compares the 2006 and 2008 results, on the use of condoms and the factors that differentiated between those who use condoms and those who do not. It evaluates the impact of PS ...

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 The objectives of the survey was to segment the population of female sex workers in Haïti and to identify the determining factors of condom use with a love partner. The study found that the age of the sex workers, their persuasive power in getting their partners to use condoms, and their over ...

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  In July and August 2006, the TRaC-M survey was conducted among sex workers in Dominica and Grenada, and among men who have sex with men in St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago.The purpose of the TRaC-M survey is to monitor condom use behavior, key output level ...

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This presentation was delivered by Ms. Anick Supplice Dupuy, Deputy Director at Population Services International, Haiti at the CARISMA Special Session on November 19, 2011 during the Caribbean HIV Conference, Bahamas. This presentation highlighted examples of innovative behaviour change communica ...

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This PEER study aims to develop a detailed and contextualised understanding of the determinants of condom use amongst brothel-based commercial sex workers, with a specific focus on the role of self efficacy, which was shown to be a key determinat of consistent condom use with trusted partners.

  The Best Practices in Social Marketing series aims to share learning from CARISMA with other regional and international Social Marketing Organisations (SMOs) and their partners in government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Under CARISMA, ideas have been generated and lessons le ...

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  The Best Practices in Social Marketing series aims to share learning from CARISMA with other regional and international social marketing organisations (SMOs), and their partners in government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This study focuses on the experiences of PSI/Dominican R ...

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  This 2008 study provides evidence of key behavioural trends for the Spainsh-speaking sex worker population in Antigua and Barbuda. Undertaken by PSI Caribbean, this study seeks to provide information for the overall monitoring and implementation of PSI Caribbean’s HIV Prevention Program i ...

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The overall objective of the CARISMA project is to improve the status of sexual and reproductive health in general and, more specifically, to reduce the rate of STI and HIV infection rates, in selected countries of the Caribbean region. The project objectives are to: Improve the supply of affo ...

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