Action through Partnerships : The Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP)

Mulusa, Mary ; Carpio, Carmen

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AIDS EPIDEMIC;    CARIBBEAN REGION;    COMMUNICATION CHANNELS;    DISCRIMINATION;    DISEASE;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The Pan-Caribbean Partnership againstHIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was designated an 'international bestpractice' by the Joint United Nations Program onHIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). A case study on the Pan-CaribbeanPartnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) in December, 2004. TheCaribbean region is second only to Sub-Saharan Africa in HIVprevalence with an estimated adult HIV prevalence rate of2.3 percent in 2003. Approximately 430,000 adults and 23,000children are living with HIV in the region. HIV/ AIDS arethe leading cause of death among adults in the age group15-44 years. The epidemic is not just a health problem, buta developmental and economic problem as it affects the mostproductive human resources and redirects efforts fromproductive activities to HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Anumber of lessons emerge from PANCAP's experience. Thebuilding of the partnership was regionally led and owned. EnBreve is proud to present the HIV/AIDS series which will runfrom January until June of 2005. The series looks to raiseawareness on how HIV/AIDS directly affects the overalldevelopment of the region focusing on the Caribbean.