BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 30th 2013 (CUOPM) – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and CARICOM Lead Head of Government for Health, HIV and Human Resources and Chair of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said Tuesday that the twi ...

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Marie Madelaine’s story is not unique in Haiti, which has the highest HIV prevalence rate in the Western Hemisphere at 1.8 percent. Among the 100,000 adults and 13,000 children living with HIV in Haiti, an estimated 60,000 individuals are in need of life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART). Until  ...

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The concerns about a possible increase in risk of HIV acquisition with some hormonal contraceptive methods need to be understood in the context of the substantial uncertainties in the body of evidence, and considered alongside the life-saving benefits of hormonal contraceptive use, Dr Chelsea Po ...

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The Jamaica Manufacturer’s Association (JMA) is partnering with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), in a pilot project aimed at reducing the levels of discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS who work in the local food services industry. An agreement for the project was ...

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Background: Treatment as prevention is a paradigm in HIV medicine which describes the public health benefit of antiretroviral therapy (ART). It is based on research showing substantial reductions in the risk of HIV transmission in persons with optimally suppressed HIV-1 Viral Loads (VL). The present ...

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The nation would soon have access to software capable of measuring the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programmes. AIDS Secretariat Programme Manager Delcora Williams said the web-based programme, Spectrum, would soon be used on island to assist in accurately assessing various cos ...

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Failure to extend the transition period for least-developed countries to become fully compliant with the TRIPS Agreement could put millions of lives at risk GENEVA, 26 February 2013—The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today la ...

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NASSAU, Bahamas -- The U.S. Embassy in Nassau is pleased to announce a call for small grants proposal under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Program. The U.S. Embassy invites community based organizations, non-government organizations, faith-based organizations, ...

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Regional and international professionals, experts and activists will gather in Scarborough, Tobago next month to seek solutions to domestic violence and gender issues as the Global Center for Behavioural Health (GCBH) hosts its Inaugural Caribbean Conference on Domestic Violence and Gender Equality. ...

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ABACO, Bahamas - Recently, The Bahamas Red Cross Humanitarian Delegation, led by Director-General, Caroline Turnquest made an official visit to the Island of Abaco for the official launch of its American Red Cross Sponsored HIV AIDS Project.  Mr. John Darville, Project Coordinator leads this ch ...

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Exactly ten years ago, President George W. Bush announced the creation of The Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in his State of the Union Address. When it was created, back in 2003, PEPFAR’s initial aim was to provide antiretroviral treatment to 2 million people living with HIV in ...

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BARBADOS HAS BEEN undertaking a relatively successful fight to contain the spread of HIV and AIDS among its population, but it is evident that more must be done given the concerns of health officials related to late testing and diagnosis. Clearly, we must have the right means to reach the stated ...

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A true picture of the HIV/Aids population in T&T will never be known because the statistics do not reflect what is real. So said Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Rodger Samuel at the launch of the Interim HIV/Aids Agency and awards ceremony at the Trinidad Hilton, Port-of-Spain ...

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by Shamkoe Pilé Women have been urged to negotiate condom use at the start of their relationships. Furthermore, Behavioural Change Communications Specialist at the National HIV Commission, Alexis Nurse, has advised women to “take condom use seriously; discuss sex with their partners and to be ...

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Nassau, Bahamas - On Friday, February 1, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires John Dinkelman announced the five recipients of the 2012 President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Program during a ceremony following a one-hour roundtable discussion held at the U.S. Embassy. The program is  ...

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The President of Haiti ushered in World AIDS Day 2012 commemorations with a note of hope. “It would be a very beautiful success story if we could pull off an HIV-free generation,” declared President Michel Martelly, in a meeting on 30 November with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. In ...

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Sex for dollar$ THE harsh economic climate has been cited as one of the factors driving an increase in Jamaican youths exchanging sex for money, according to the 2012 HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour Survey (KABS). Transactional sex — one of the riskiest forms of sexual encounters  ...

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In recent years, Haiti has endured some of the greatest misfortunes in its history, including hurricanes, floods, the devastating 2010 earthquake, and the cholera epidemic that followed. These natural disasters and public health crises have added to the harm already caused by the country’s widespr ...

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In the Caribbean, Haiti has the highest rate of HIV infection. Fortunately, due to many international organizations and their HIV and AIDS prevention programmes the prevalence of the disease has gone from 2.2 per cent to 1.9 per cent between 2011 and 2012, according to the Ministry of Public Hea ...

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Health, tourism and education personnel, meeting at the Teachers’ Resource Centre in Anguilla on Monday, November 7, reviewed the four year-old HIV/AIDS project funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). The project, entitled “Taking Action Against HIV and AIDS in the UK Ove ...

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