Winifred Byanyima, under-secretary-general and government director of the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS will ship the keynote handle on the Nationwide HIV Annual Assessment in Jamaica on November 9.
Byanyima is anticipated to go to the island between November 6 and 11.
In a press release, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, minister of state within the Ministry of Well being and Wellness expressed her gratitude for Byanyima’s go to, saying she hopes it would assist to construct an atmosphere for HIV/AIDS sufferers.
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“Jamaica is happy to host Winnie Byanyima as we renew and strengthen our dedication to deal with HIV/AIDS and its related problem, together with mother-to-child transmission, stigma, and discrimination. I anticipate that this go to will additional advance efforts to create an enabling atmosphere for these affected by HIV/AIDS.”
Byanyima will observe a number of features of Jamaica’s nationwide HIV response and uncover methods for addressing difficulties corresponding to stigma and discrimination.
Her go to will present technique of the best way to strengthen the nation’s response mechanism.
Byanyima stated the UN is happy to proceed its assist for Jamaica’s HIV program and to additional the nation’s objectives to restrict the unfold of the sickness.
She is going to take part in a sequence of conferences and occasions with the Ministry of Well being and Wellness and UNAIDS throughout her keep.
She will even pay courtesy calls on ministers, together with Minister of Well being and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton; Minister of International Affairs and International Commerce, Kamina Johnson Smith; and Minister of Tradition, Gender, Leisure and Sports activities, Olivia Grange.
Winifred Byanyima will even meet with civil society teams together with the Jamaican Community of Sero-positives and Jamaica AIDS Help for Life.