AIDS Prevention

PAHO, France sign agreement on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 7th, 2003

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the French government have signed an agreement under which France will provide financial support of US$1,148,000 to strengthen the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean.

The Caribbean has the second highest prevalence of HIV infection in the world, after sub-Saharan Africa, with prevalence rates in the adult population exceeding 2%, and in some countries such as Bahamas and Haiti, it climbs to more than 4%.

The new agreement supports the work of the member countries of the Caribbean Epidemiology Center (CAREC) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The money contributed by France will be...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-04-07)

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