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HIV/AIDS: Still Dogged by Static Policies & Culture

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World AIDS Day 2021 is being observed under the theme “end inequalities. End AIDS.” When it comes to a disease which has so radically impacted Caribbean society and public health, we find ourselves asking: How far has the Caribbean come in combatting AIDS and the spread of HIV, and what is essential to build on that progress in this decade?

The host is Kieron Murdoch. The guests are:

  1. Ms. Eleanor Frederick, Executive Director and Founder and director of Antigua and Barbuda HIV/AIDS Network (ABHAN). She holds a master’s in Public Health from Columbia University. 
  2. Ms. Sannia Sutherland, Head of Programmes at the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition. She is a former Director of Technical Coordination and Programme Management with the Ministry of Health of Jamaica and brings more than 15 years of knowledge and experience in Programme Management, HIV & AIDS and Communication.
  3. Dr. Rosmond Adams, Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) and President of the Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA). He is a Medical Doctor, a Public Health Specialist, and a Bioethicist. He has over 12 years’ experience working in the Caribbean in the field of medicine and public health responding to new and emerging diseases and to advance the elimination of diseases in the region such as HIV/AIDS. He has also served as the National Epidemiologist in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Head of Communicable Diseases, Health Information and Emergency Response at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and now the Director of PANCAP.


    4. This programme first aired on NewsCo Observer Radio 91.1 FM on December 5th, 2021. Get the latest news from Antigua and Barbuda at the Antigua Observer online.

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