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UNAIDS: Caribbean can accelerate progress to end AIDS as public health threat

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday November 25, 2015 – The Caribbean is being told it can build on the gains of its HIV responses to end AIDS as a public health threat, if it follows a new strategy created by the United Nations’ Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

A new global HIV report released yesterday ahead of World AIDS Day, ‘Focus on Location and Population’, demonstrates the value of targeting the people and places with the highest HIV risk as part of an approach to dramatically reduce HIV transmission, through the UNAIDS Fast Track Strategy.

AIDS deaths down by 61% in Caribbean

In the last ten years alone the Caribbean achieved a 61 per cent reduction in Aids-related deaths, according to a report, titled Focus on location and population: Fast track to end Aids by 2030, which was released from UNAids World yesterday.

December 1 marks World Aids Day.

CARIBBEAN: HIV/AIDS elimination by 2030

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) initiated a Justice for All program in September 2013, that was designed to achieve broad based goals for ending AIDS in the region.

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Today is being observed as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. From 25 November to 10 December, there will be a 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence initiative aimed at raising public awareness and mobilizing people everywhere to bring about change.

Commonwealth Declaration can demonstrate that Guyana is not alone – President David Granger

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – (November 25, 2015) President David Granger, this morning departed for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be held in Malta from November 27-29, 2015. With the President set to once again deliver a strong message on the security of small states, particularly in light of the resurgence of Venezuela’s aggression, the Commonwealth Heads are set to consider and ratify a declaration in support of Guyana’s stance on the issue.

IICA says Latin America and Caribbean Need new Strategies to Deal with EU Reforms

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Nov 25 2015 – The Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says the development of regional strategies could be the key if Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are to meet the challenges posed by the latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU).

3 ways to support sustainable energy development in Latin America and the Caribbean

What is the importance of having a goal of sustainable development specifically dedicated to energy (SDG 7) as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2016 to 2030? Representatives of the Ministries of Energy of 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Tarija, Bolivia on October 29, 2015 to discuss exactly this issue and to better understand how to implement the changes needed to achieve the SDG 7.

CARICOM Ready for COP21

Saint Lucia will lead the CARICOM delegation to COP 21 in Paris and will make a case for the survival of small island states at the talks.

With less than a fortnight left before the 'make or break' climate talks, Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says he is pleased with the country's work towards a CARICOM position on Climate Change.

The Caribbean has made its stance clear: member states are demanding a 1.5 degrees Celsius cap on the emission of greenhouse gases. Anthony says CARICOM will not back down from this demand.

Govt, regional leaders meet to discuss strategy Sargassum still ‘grave problem’

As the sense of urgency continues to grow regarding the Caribbean region’s response to the appearance of the sargassum seaweed which litters the nation’s beaches, the Government is very concerned that it is still negatively impacting this country’s economic, social and environmental development.

This, even after the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) spent $5 million to clean up the beaches in the sister isle since the problem first began in August.

Barbados on its way to launching its first climate services partnership

Barbados has launched its first effort to map its capacity to produce and use climate information for risk-informed decision-making across its climate-sensitive sectors to combat the challenges related to climate variability and climate change.

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