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UNAIDS is leading the global effort to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.Since the first cases of HIV were reported more than 40 years ago, 88 million people have become infected with HIV and 42 million have died from AIDS-related illnesses. Sinc...

Remarks by Dr Rosmond Adams, Director, PANCAP on the occasion of the UNAIDS Global AIDS Report 2020 launch

It gives me great pleasure to present these brief remarks on next steps on behalf of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) at this virtual launch of the UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2020. As COVID-19 rapidly spreads, the global HIV community is increasingly concerned about the ...

UNAIDS says COVID-19 worsened HIV situation in Caribbean

GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has worsened the efforts by Caribbean countries to meet the 2020 targets on HIV/AIDS, a senior UNAIDS official said Wednesday. UNAIDS Caribbean Director Dr James Guwani, speaking at a virtual news conference, warned that the pa...

Caribbean Faith Leaders Consultation Concludes with Strategic Recommendations for Ending AIDS by 2030

  (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Faith Leaders Consultation, held on 1-2 February 2017 in Trinidad and Tobago, concluded with strategic recommendations to improve the overall quality of life of People Living with and Affected b...

Faith leaders urged to impact communities to end AIDS by 2030

Fifty-five religious leaders from  fourteen Caribbean countries  were urged to remain committed to the recommendations of  the Caribbean Faith Leaders Consultation on  their contribution to ending  AIDS by 2030, held in Trinidad and Tobago on 1-2 February 2017.   Reco...

Message by Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations on the ocassion of World AIDS Day 2016

Today, we commemorate World AIDS Day—we stand in solidarity with the 78 million people who have become infected with HIV and remember the 35 million who have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the first cases of HIV were reported.   The world has committed to end the AIDS epidemic b...

2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS sets world on the Fast-Track to end the epidemic by 2030

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 8 June 2016—UNAIDS welcomes the new goals, targets and commitments of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on Ending AIDS. Countries have agreed to a historic and urgent agenda to accelerate efforts towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The Politi...

PANCAP to caucus ahead of UN High Level Meeting on ending AIDS

A United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on Ending AIDS will be held on 8-10 June 2016 at the United Nations General Assembly, New York, United States. Its focus will be on the required accelerated response over the next five years to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Deve...

Caribbean Leaders to support bold recommendations to end AIDS epidemic at UN High Level meeting

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   The new Governments in Jamaica and Haiti which together account for approximately 71 percent  of People living with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, have agreed to send high level representatives to the UN High Level Meeting (UN ...

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 ...

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Remarks by Dr Rosmond Adams, Director, PANCAP on the occasion of the UNAIDS Global AIDS Report 2020 launch

UNAIDS says COVID-19 worsened HIV situation in Caribbean

Caribbean Faith Leaders Consultation Concludes with Strategic Recommendations for Ending AIDS by 2030

Faith leaders urged to impact communities to end AIDS by 2030

Message by Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations on the ocassion of World AIDS Day 2016

2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS sets world on the Fast-Track to end the epidemic by 2030

PANCAP to caucus ahead of UN High Level Meeting on ending AIDS

Caribbean Leaders to support bold recommendations to end AIDS epidemic at UN High Level meeting

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

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