Countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) have a long way to go in responding to the human rights challenges posed by HIV/Aids.

That is the gist of messages to mark World Aids Day 2010, whose theme is “Universal Access and Human Rights”.

“We have for the most part focused on bio-medical responses to the exclusion of the socio-economic and legal responses required to prevent the risk of HIV to our most-at-risk communities,” the Caricom secretariat said.

via BBCCaribbean.com | Caribbean ignoring “Aids rights”.