PANCAP-PAHO to host webinar on Public Health Interventions for reducing HIV deaths
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), will host a webinar on public health interventions for reducing HIV deaths through expanded HIV testing, rapid staging of HIV individuals, rapid screening of opportunistic infections (Tuberculosis, Cryptococcosis and Histoplasmosis), and rapid treatment initiation.
The virtual event will be facilitated by Dr Omar Sued, Advisor, HIV/STI Care and Treatment, PAHO and hosted by Dr Shanti Singh-Anthony, Coordinator, Knowledge Management, PANCAP.
The webinar will be held on Thursday 17 March 2022, during the following times:
Belmopan, Belize 09:00 AM CST
Eastern Time, ET 10:00 AM EST
Georgetown, Guyana 11:00 AM GYT
Kingston, Jamaica 10:00 AM EST
Port-au-Prince, Haiti 11:00 AM EST
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 11:00 AM AST
Suriname Time, SRT 12:00 PM SRT
All regional stakeholders involved in the HIV response are invited to register and participate using the following link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6301012388664543503
For more information, please contact:
Timothy Austin
Senior Project Officer, Communications
PANCAP Coordinating Unit
CARICOM Secretariat
Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana
Email: taustin.consultant@caricom.org
Tel: (592) 222-0001-75, Ext. 3409 | Visit www.PANCAP.org
WHAT IS PANCAP?
PANCAP is a Caribbean regional partnership of governments, regional civil society organisations, regional institutions and organisations, bilateral and multilateral agencies and contributing donor partners, which was established on 14 February 2001. PANCAP provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, coordinates the response through the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV and AIDS to maximise efficient use of resources and increase impact, mobilises resources and build capacity of partners.