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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 19:50 |
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The Regional Network of the International Treatment and Preparedness Coalition in the Caribbean and the Caribbean Treatment Action Group (CTAG) is seeking proposals from Community Based Organizations and Grassroots Organizations in the Caribbean Region. CTAG's 2012 Grant cycle will seek to fund creative and innovative projects aimed to address treatment access barriers in the Caribbean Region prioritizing the following vulnerable populations:
-HIV positive Sex Workers (transgender, female & male)
-HIV positive youth
-HIV positive homeless
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Friday, 03 February 2012 22:31 |
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The World Health Organization (WHO) will later this month issue further guidance on the reported link between hormonal contraceptives such as the pill, injectables, implants and HIV.
On 31 January and 1 February 2012, WHO convened a technical consultation WHO and Partners Stakeholders' Meeting on Hormonal Contraception and HIV Infection: A review of the evidence and implications for service delivery and priority research, made up of 53 experts from 20 countries to review the body of published evidence on the use of hormonal contraceptives and HIV acquisition, progression, and transmission. The review was prompted by new findings in 2011 that implied a possible increase in HIV infection among women at risk of HIV who use hormonal contraception, or increased transmission to an un-infected partner when a woman is living with HIV and using hormonal contraceptives.
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Friday, 03 February 2012 20:33 |
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It’s been eleven years. They’ve moved his desk to a lonely corner of the office. Co-workers wipe the phone after he’s been on and lob slurs in his direction. Has he told his supervisors about the situation? He doesn’t have to. They take part.
It isn’t far-fetched that a Trinidadian would be discriminated against on the basis of (real or perceived) sexual orientation. In a 2009 norms and values study commissioned by the Ministry of Social Development 69 percent of respondents indicated that they did not support equal rights for gays and lesbians. Colin Robinson of the Coalition for the Inclusion of Sexual Orientation (CAISO) says that while discrimination and impunity are commonplace, seeking legal recourse is not.
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Case Study Country Ownership in SM-Programs
