HIV programmes must be accessible and meet the needs of people with disabilities. This is according to a new report by UNAIDS, which shows that people with disabilities are often denied the opportunity to articulate their specific needs or be heard, owing to their marginalised position in society. ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youth across the region was a major agenda item when the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) the Joint United Nations Programme o...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Tuesday February 25, 2014, CMC – UNAIDS Caribbean said Monday that eight regional countries have finalised specific strategies aimed at strengthening their HIV programmes by making them more responsive to human rights. It said that the representatives from Barbados, ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Monday, 13 December 2004 is a significant day for the Caribbean region in its fight against HIV/AIDS. On this day, the joint CARICOM/UNAIDS Secretariat publication: Common Goals, Shared Responses: A Case Study on the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AID...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) is well poised to undertake UNAIDS’ challenge of “Getting to Zero: Zero Discrimination, Zero New Infections and Zero AIDS-related deaths.” In his World AIDS Day ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé met on Wednesday, 20th May with a delegation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the 62nd World Health Assembly to discuss the Caribbean priorities for collaboration with UNAIDS. Mr Karl...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On World AIDS Day the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Dr Michel Sidibe as the next Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Congratulating Dr Sidibe on his appointment, outgoing E...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in collaboration with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), is currently sponsoring a series of Consultations for P...

Dear Participants of the Third Annual PANCAP Meeting, First of all, I wish to express my best wishes and solidarity with you in your continuing leadership in the response to AIDS. I am sorry not to be able to be with you in person. The Pan-Caribbean partnership against HIV/AIDS has come a long w...