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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
December 02, 2011 (SKNIS)

The theme of “HIV/AIDS” will be the focus of tonight’s Island Expressions, and will give patrons an artistic interpretation of the many issues pertaining to the pandemic.

The poetic experience will be held at Mapau, Port Zante starting at 8:30 p.m. and spectators have an opportunity to win attractive prizes.

Upcoming activities under the campaign theme, “It Takes a Village to Fight HIV/AIDS,” includes, the World AIDS March which is one of the highlights of the period.  Lucine Pemberton, Health Educator based at the National AIDS Secretariat informed the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service that as customary, various schools and businesses have been invited to participate in the December 2 event, in a show of support of persons living with HIV/AIDS and programmes to stem its spread.  The March is scheduled to commence at 1:30 p.m.

Monday, December 12 has been identified as the date for a Talk Show which will air on ZIZ television while a Whistle Stop which will bring the information to the communities around St. Kitts.

Another highlight of the campaign is the National Testing Day which takes place Friday, December 16 in Independence Square from 9:00 a.m.  Persons attending the Testing Day have an opportunity to win an I-Pad2.

Activities continue into 2012 with the sale of calendars which will display the artwork of 20 Grade 5 and 6 students.  An art competition was coordinated by United States Peace Corps representatives Millicent Nash and Kimson Bryant and all entries were numerically ranked by a panel of judges.  The top 12 designs will appear in consecutive monthly placements on the calendar. While they will go on sale January 13, persons interested in purchasing can pre-order by calling the National AIDS Secretariat at 467-1233.

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World AIDS Day 2011

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 20, 2011

The National AIDS Secretariat of the Ministry of Health is inviting the general public to take part in World AIDS Campaign 2011 which is being held under the theme: “It takes a Village to Fight HIV/AIDS.” The schedule is a follows:

November 04 – Campaign Launch

November – Health Officials make guest appearances on local radio shows

November 08 – 11 – Ride the Bus Campaign (Health Educators provide HIV/AIDS Information on lorries to the rural areas)

November 14 – Sale of 2012 Calendars designed by Primary School students depicting theme ($11.00)

November 19 – 23 – Ride the Bus Campaign resumes

December 01 – Island Expressions will feature an HIV/AIDS theme. Audience can enter to win raffle prizes

December 02 – World AIDS March starting at Greenlands at 1:30 p.m.

December 05 – HIV/AIDS Talk Show on ZIZ Television

December 12 – Whistle Stop around St. Kitts starting at 3:00 p.m.

December 14 – National Testing Day in Independence Square starting at 9:00 am.  Persons getting testing can win an IPad2.

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St. Kitts – Nevis PM – Denzil Douglas
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 10, 2011 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has welcomed Thursday’s meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad between insurance industry and health care professionals to discuss how to create the benefit routinely denied to People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Caribbean – heaalth insurance.

“It is another step to remove the stigma meted out to persons living with this disease,” said Dr. Douglas, Chairman of the Caribbean Community and Prime Minister with responsibility for HIV/AIDS.

The insurance and health forum is aimed at building partnerships between the industry and the public health sectors and is being organised by a coalition of business and health figures.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the Insurance Association of the Caribbean (IAC) and the Pan Caribbean Business Coalition (PCBC) have organised the forum, with support from the United States aid agency, USAID.

The forum’s objective is to “build public-private partnerships across the Pan Caribbean Region between the insurance and health sector to enhance access to treatment by people living with HIV (PLHIV) and reduce the stigma discrimination associated with the disease,” according to a USAID statement.

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has applied to the Global Fund on HIV/AIDS to finance a proposed health insurance scheme for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Eastern Caribbean.

USAID said it would help the OECS revise its Global Fund application.

The forum is expected to explore a regional health insurance pool. With tiny populations, the risk pools for Caribbean countries makes health insurance an elusive goal in the Eastern Caribbean, and is non-existent for HIV/AIDS sufferers.

“Over the past few years the concept of regional health insurance has gained increasing visibility in policy discussions among CARICOM members, and the idea was explicitly recommended in the joint PAHO/CARICOM 2006 Report,” USAID said.

With the advent of economic union in the OECS and the CARICOM single market offering job opportunities and increased mobility for Eastern Caribbean, health insurance is becoming more attractive.

Wednesday’s meeting will seek consensus on how to provide insurance products to people living with virus and obtain commitments from the partners for the plan.

Participants to the forum include representatives from the regional Ministries of Health, the private insurance sector and members of the PANCAP network. Pointing to its likely role in the process, USAID stressed that “external support” would be needed to boost health insurance programmes for the poorest and most vulnerable, including people living with HIV/AIDS.

“Activities will include participation in pertinent national and regional discussions and targetted technical assistance to ensure private sector representation in discussions on health insurance,” the American aid agency said.

The Barack Obama administration has been focussing efforts on strengthen heath systems through proving technical assistance in health insurance, including HIV/AIDS benefits either at a national level or as part of a regional health insurance system, USAID said.

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