Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is calling on regional leaders to scale up efforts to combat the threat of HIV/AIDs across the Caribbean, especially mother-to-child transmission. Speaking at the official certification ceremony for Jamaica, Belize, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT), by the World Health Organization...

To further decrease infections in high-risks groups, the Government has set aside more than $1 billion for the National HIV/AIDS Response in Jamaica Project during the 2024/2025 fiscal year. The programme is geared at reducing AIDS-related morbidity by providing effective biomedical and supporting services and reducing new HIV infections among key populations through behavioural and structural interventions. Full information of...

The Government will be spending $838 million on the National HIV/AIDS Response in Jamaica Project during the 2023/2024 fiscal year. The programme is geared at reducing AIDS-related morbidity by providing effective biomedical and supporting services and reducing new HIV infections among key populations through behavioural and structural interventions. Details of the project are outlined in the 2023/2024 Estimates of Expenditure,...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) continues work to eliminate stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS. In his address at the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) on December 13 at the Corporation’s downtown Kingston offices, Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams, said this remains a priority for the Corporation....

The Government is committed to combatting discrimination and stigma, which reduces access to care for people living with HIV and AIDS. State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, in her message to mark World AIDS Day on December 1, noted that healthcare settings can sometimes prove challenging for people living with the virus. She...

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Jamaica has been lauded for its work in combating HIV/AIDS by Regional Director of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr. Richard N. Amenyah. Speaking at Health Connect Jamaica’s (HCJ) inaugural dinner and awards banquet at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston recently, Dr. Amenyah noted the investments being made in providing quality care and support for patients...

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) report, titled ‘In Danger’, has revealed that during the last two years of COVID-19 and the impact of other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic has faltered. Speaking at the virtual launch today (July 27), Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, said new HIV infections dropped by only 3.6 per cent...

The Government will be spending $1 billion on the National HIV/AIDS Response in Jamaica Project over the 2022/2023 fiscal year. Objectives of the programme are geared at reducing AIDS-related morbidity with effective biomedical and supporting interventions, and reducing new HIV infections among key populations through behavioural and structural interventions. Details of the project are outlined in the 2022/2023 Estimates of...

“When I went to pick up my medical and I was told that I was HIV positive, I just could not believe it. I felt I was going to die. I cried. I screamed. I felt anger at my husband who had given it to me,” said then 23-year-old Michelle in a 2003 interview with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS)....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, says the Government is committed to eliminating all HIV/AIDS-related stigma in the society. Speaking at the virtual launch of the UNAIDS 2020 Annual Report for Enabling Environment and Human Rights in Jamaica, today (June 4), she said discrimination and violence against persons living with the disease are...