• Local
Organizations and Hotlines
• Pan-Caribbean Organizations
• Youth Organizations
• HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets and
Reports
Caribbean AIDS
Telecommunication Information Network (CATIN)
CATIN is a network organized to provide critical health information
on HIV/AIDS and STI's to member countries as well as to coordinate
and promote prevention and control programmes in conjunction with
regional National AIDS Programmes (NAP) and National AIDS Coordinating
Committees (NACC) within each participating country. CATIN aims
to improve the health status of participating countries through
an increased awareness on the impact and prevention of Sexually
Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS.
Caribbean Epidemiology
Center (CAREC)
CAREC - a public health information, service and consulting organization
- is dedicated to being the best at providing information that people
need to improve health and prevent disease in the Caribbean. Its
mission is to improve the health status of Caribbean people by advancing
the capability of member countries in epidemiology, laboratory technology
and related public health disciplines through technical cooperation,
service, training, research and a well trained motivated staff.
Caribbean
Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC)
Housed at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, CARIMAC
is the only regional tertiary level communications school in the
Caribbean. The program offers both theoretical and practical courses
to equip students with the professional knowledge, values and discipline
they need to become effective communicators in an increasingly complex
world. Beyond the Mona campus, CARIMAC has been responsible for
enhancing a Caribbean consciousness and a higher level of cooperation
between specialists involved in the environment and health sectors
in particular through its organization of seminars, workshops and
conferences. CARIMAC believes that in the long run, the sensitive
application of intellect and skill will raise the capacity and improve
the performance of our media systems, thereby contributing to the
development and accessibility of our cultures.
Caribbean Regional
Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (CRN+)
CCRN is the only civil society organization of regional scope, managed
by and working directly with the community of people living with
HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the Caribbean. CRN+ is committed to empowering
and supporting persons infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS through
advocacy, research, partnership, capacity building and resource
mobilization. It works to ensure that the needs of PLWHA, based
on priorities identified by PLWAH, take precedence in all regional
and national HIV/AIDS interventions.
Pan-American
Health Organization (PAHO)
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international
public health agency with 100 years of experience in working to
improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas.
It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American
System. It also serves as the regional office for the Americas of
the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition
as part of the United Nations system.
Pan-Caribbean
Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP)
(hyperlink to ) PANCAP was established at the February 2001 Meeting
of the CARICOM Heads of State and endorsed by the Nassau Declaration
on Health 2001. The Partnership aims to scale up the response to
HIV/AIDS in the region through its specific mandate: to advocate
for HIV/AIDS issues at government and highest levels; to coordinate
the regional response and mobilise resources, both regional and
international; and, to increase country-level resources, both human
and financial, to address the epidemic.
Population Services
International (PSI)
PSI is a nonprofit organization that harnesses the vitality of the
private sector to address the health problems of low-income and
vulnerable populations in more than 60 developing countries. With
programs in malaria, reproductive health, child survival and HIV,
PSI promotes products, services and healthy behavior that enable
low-income and vulnerable people to lead healthier lives. Products
and services are sold at subsidized prices rather than given away
in order to motivate commercial sector involvement. In their HIV
programs, PSI uses a balanced and targeted approach including the
promotion of abstinence, mutual fidelity and correct and consistent
condom use. PSI also implements voluntary counseling and testing
alongside a variety of educational and behavior change communication
campaigns that discourage harmful cultural norms such as unprotected
sex, cross-generational sex and stigma and prejudice against people
living with HIV. In 2005, PSI products and services are estimated
to have prevented more than 200,000 HIV infections.
World
Bank
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance
to developing countries around the world. The World Bank is working
shoulder to shoulder with governments, civil society, donors, and
other international organizations in the Caribbean to provide critical
financial resources and technical assistance to prevent the spread
of HIV/AIDS and provide treatment and care for people infected and
affected by HIV and AIDS.
