JOURNALISTS should put more effort into reporting the problems of sustainable water management, say officials of the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C).
They note that this is especially important since the resource, without changes in current practices might become as rare and as costly as oil as early as 2050.
A two-day meeting examining the Caribbean’s response to the HIV/AIDS virus gets underway here on Wednesday.
via BARBADOS-Stakeholders to discuss Caribbean response to HIV/AIDS.
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..
Discrimination, including the flouting of the most basic widespread human rights, is still widespread for those living with HIV/AIDS.
And while we have seen real progress across the board, five more people still contract the virus for every two who start treatment.
Despite the tremendous efforts of PANCAP, the Caribbean has not been spared.
Indeed, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa, the region faces the greatest HIV/AIDS challenge.
via PANCAP and the HIV/AIDS challenge in the Caribbean – Stabroek News – Guyana.
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.
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