Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
Three Years of Promoting Behaviour Change
WHEN the Commonwealth Youth for Positive Living (CYPL) was launched on September 11, 2003 by the Commonwealth Youth Programme Caribbean Centre (CYPCC), a small group of young Guyanese, who were part of the pilot, set out on a mission to educate their ...
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Fourteen companies yesterday formally adopted HIV and AIDS policies as part of a programme to integrate prevention and care measures in the workplace.
Beverage giants Banks DIH Ltd and Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) were among the companies signing workplace HIV and AIDS polices, which are the result of the ...
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says that in order for universal access to HIV treatment every Guyanese must know their status and access testing.
He said there must be testing capacity for the effective management of persons living with HIV so as to monitor them. And no mother ...
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Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Regional media representatives have identified a lack of research on HIV and AIDS coverage, inadequate human resources and poor understanding of new technologies as challenges to their optimal involvement in the region's response to the epidemic, a Caricom press release said.
At a conference hosted by the Pan ...
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Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
UNAIDS Country Coordinator in Guyana, Dr. Ruben del Prado has called for more coordination on the National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS.
The delegate told stakeholders at a national consensus meeting yesterday that the present situation is “chaotic” but pointed out that Guyana is one of the countries ahead ...
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Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
AS REPORTED in yesterday's issue of this paper, a new study – conducted by Surinamese Ms. Julia Terborg – has been launched which shows that Female Sex Workers (FSW's), and Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) are most at risk for HIV infection.
While commendable as a ...
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
A recent study done among Female Sex Workers (FSW) and Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) has found higher levels of HIV-related stigma and discrimination against MSM than FSW and the hostile public climate is the main obstacle to reaching both groups.
The study also discerned that ...
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
Source: Guyana Chronicle
A NEW study in which Female Sex Workers (FSW) and Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) say they encounter a double burden of stigma and discrimination, based on their lifestyles and of their HIV-positive status, is to be used by the Ministry of Health to develop ...
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
The local HIV and AIDS paediatric treatment programme is on the verge of expanding to include a steady supply of antiretroviral medication, CD4 testing, diagnosis and monitoring and nutritional supplements among other initiatives.
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy yesterday signed an agreement with the Clinton Foundation HIV/ ...
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Monday, December 11th, 2006
Source: Stabroek News
Being perhaps the most potent tool in the fight to end HIV stigma and discrimination, the Caribbean media have been challenged to be the instrument through which the regional agenda on the issue is interpreted and understood.
Joseph Atherley, Minister of State within the office of the Prime ...
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