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OECS HAPU calls for enhanced strategies to attract persons living with HIV/AIDS for Treatment.

Head of the OECS Secretariat’s HIV AIDS Project Unit (OECS HAPU), Dr. James St. Catherine, says the Unit’s service to OECS Member States in tackling HIV and AIDS has yielded successes in many areas.

However he adds that there is still significant room for improvement in aspects such as getting people to know their HIV status, treatment compliance, capacity to monitoring the safety and effectiveness of treatment, and the human resource and infrastructural support for dealing with cases of HIV and AIDS.

via OECS HAPU calls for enhanced strategies to attract persons living with HIV/AIDS for Treatment..

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US providing millions to help Caribbean deal with HIV/AIDS

The United States is providing nearly US$100 million over a five year period to help Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean to combat the spread of the deadly HIV/AIDS virus.

via STORY OF INTEREST: US providing millions to help Caribbean deal with HIV/AIDS | Antigua Daily News: Antigua News Every Day.

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Public health, a powerful tool for a safer and durable world

Mirta Roses, director, Pan American Health Organization, interview with the Harvard College Global Health Review (HCGHR).

via OPS, un Equipo, una Meta: La Salud de las Américas: Public health, a powerful tool for a safer and durable world.

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Dire problems

As the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS (JABCHA) fine-tunes plans to set up a national foundation for HIV/AIDS, its executive director, Earl Moore, has warned that the country’s business sector is in for big trouble if companies continue to undermine initiatives to tackle the infection.

via Jamaica Gleaner News – Dire problems – Business – Monday | December 6, 2010.