Education and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
Education and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

Author: Michael J. Kelly

Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 9766371806

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"Whilst a cure for HIV/AIDS continues to elude scientists, the number of HIV/AIDS cases continues to increase. Education becomes the key to curtailing the spread of the disease. Education and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean describes the impact of HIV/AIDS on education in both the global and Caribbean contexts and outlines the lessons to be learnt from the global experience. The aim of the book is not only to highlight the role of education in HIV/AIDS prevention but also to look specifically at the education sector, its role and response, as well as the management of the response. It also intends to ensure that the education sector recognises the crucial role it must play in reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS. The text is complete with illustrations on the socioeconomic, health and gender aspects of the disease, and is a useful resource for anyone wanting to obtain precise information about the impact of the disease in the Caribbean. "

HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9780821349212

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It is estimated in this region that more than half a million people are infected with HIV. Efforts are needed if inroads are to be made against the AIDS epidemic. Although many Caribbean governments have initiated a limited response to HIV/AIDS much remains to be done. This report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in addressing the problem of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. It presents a snapshot of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region and offers examples of ways in which Caribbean countries and regional bodies such as the Caribbean Community have responded to the epidemic, discusses alternative actions for addressing the crisis and highlights a range of strategies for donor coordination and cooperation in the region. Finally the report identifies the potential role of the World Bank in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean

HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean
HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean

Author: Barbara A Dicks

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1136396152

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Examine the biopsychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and policy issues that affect HIV/AIDS prevention/service delivery issues for Caribbean youth!This groundbreaking book provides an overview and informed discussion of HIV/AIDS as it affects children and adolescents in Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, and The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. With contributions from noted HIV/AIDS experts in the region, it examines the biopsychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and policy issues that impact HIV/AIDS prevention/service delivery issues for Caribbean youth. HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean breaks the silence on this subject that has existed throughout the Caribbean--second only to Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of the number of people infected with the disease--by focusing attention on the issues, needs, perspectives, policies, and research that impact those affected by the epidemic in that region. This unique book gives special attention to the distinctive differences among Caribbean countries with varying customs based on colonial influences including language, culture, traditions, and religion. User-friendly tables and figures make the statistical information easy to understand.HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean discusses a diversity of topics, including: psycho-cultural issues and adolescents the impact of dance hall music on HIV and adolescents school programs evaluation of residential placements for children with AIDS sexual risk-taking behaviors of Jamaican street boys the inaugural lecture on AIDS at the University of the West Indies . . . and much more. Everyone whose professional life brings them into contact with this population, including social workers, psychologists, counselors, clinicians, nurses and other health care professionals, as well as educators and their students will find HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean a very useful resource for understanding the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS virus on children and adolescents in that part of the world.

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Caribbean
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Caribbean

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Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Overview: -- The Caribbean's first case of what was later identified as AIDS was officially recorded in Jamaica in 1982.9 -- As of the end of 2008, an estimated 240,000 people were living with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, and in 2007, more than three-quarters of people living with HIV/AIDS lived in the two countries of Hispaniola Island - Dominican Republic and Haiti. -- The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the region (1.0% in 2008) is second only to sub-Saharan Africa (5.2%) and higher than the global prevalence rate (0.8%). However, the prevalence rate in the Caribbean remained stable at 1.0% between 2001 and 2008. Rates among countries vary from a low of 0.1% in Cuba to a high of 3.0% in the Bahamas. -- There were 20,000 new HIV infections in the region in 2008 and 12,000 deaths. AIDS is one of the Caribbean's leading causes of death among those aged 25-44. -- HIV is spread primarily through heterosexual sex in the Caribbean, with commercial sex playing a large role in many places, although transmission patterns vary across the region and within countries. While sex between men is also an important factor in HIV transmission in the region, stigma and discrimination make it difficult to assess the extent of its role and to reach those at risk. Injecting drug use plays a small role in transmission in most countries in the region, with the exception of Bermuda and Puerto Rico, where injecting drug use is the key factor in transmission. -- There are signs of potential stabilization of HIV prevalence and/or reductions in some countries, including the Bahamas, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.

Sex, Power & Taboo
Sex, Power & Taboo

Author: Dorothy E. Roberts

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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In the Caribbean sexuality has never been a topic for public discussion. Previously relegated to theatrical innuendo, musical lyrics and other popular forms of cultural expression, the HIV and AIDS pandemic have now thrown this taboo subject centrestage. The discourse on gender and sexuality is however, still being shaped and this book sets the platform for that discussion. Proceeding from a premise that gender influences sexuality and sexual behaviour, Sex, Power and Taboo provides an interdisciplinary approach to the exploration of how gender affects HIV risk and prevention. The paradigm of HIV and AIDS research is shifted by illuminating the influence of gender ideologies, norms and power relationships on sexuality, and the impact of gender to HIV risk and prevention within and outside of the Caribbean. The contributors are Caribbean and international, and discuss gender and sexuality for the academic, for those in the public health service as well as social policymakers. Sex, Power and Taboo contributes to the research-based interventions to aid the prevention of HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases and will assist in the design, implementation and evaluation of programmes addressing the AIDS epidemic.

AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean
AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean

Author: George Clement Bond

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0429970978

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This book offers detailed ethnographic studies from Africa and the Caribbean to explain AIDS in a global and comparative third-world context. The essays move beyond medical or epidemiological models, explaining the epidemic in its economic, social, political, and historical contexts.

The AIDS Pandemic in Latin America
The AIDS Pandemic in Latin America

Author: Shawn C. Smallman

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 146960678X

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Of the more than 40 million people around the world currently living with HIV/AIDS, two million live in Latin America and the Caribbean. In an engaging chronicle illuminated by his travels in the region, Shawn Smallman shows how the varying histories and cultures of the nations of Latin America have influenced the course of the pandemic. He demonstrates that a disease spread in an intimate manner is profoundly shaped by impersonal forces. In Latin America, Smallman explains, the AIDS pandemic has fractured into a series of subepidemics, driven by different factors in each country. Examining cultural issues and public policies at the country, regional, and global levels, he discusses why HIV has had such a heavy impact on Honduras, for instance, while leaving the neighboring state of Nicaragua relatively untouched, and why Latin America as a whole has kept infection rates lower than other global regions, such as Africa and Asia. Smallman draws on the most recent scientific research as well as his own interviews with AIDS educators, gay leaders, drug traffickers, crack addicts, transvestites, and doctors in Cuba, Brazil, and Mexico. Highlighting the realities of gender, race, sexuality, poverty, politics, and international relations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, Smallman brings a fresh perspective to understanding the cultures of the region as well as the global AIDS crisis.

Challenging HIV and AIDS
Challenging HIV and AIDS

Author: Michael Morrissey

Publisher: United Nations Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13:

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There are an estimated 42 million people worldwide living with HIV and AIDS. In the Caribbean, the statistics are alarming. After sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean has a higher HIV prevalence than any other area of the world. The need to control the spread of HIV is critical. Though medical advances have been successful in slowing the progress of the disease, there remains no cure for HIV and AIDS. In Challenging HIV and AIDS, the contributors, players at various levels in the education sector across the Caribbean, weigh in on the value of education as a means to halt the spread of HIV and AIDS. The contributions are unique to the Caribbean experience and culture and address the root causes of the spread of the epidemic. Reducing ignorance and the accompanying stigma and discrimination as well as addressing issues of sexuality through Health and Family Life Education in schools are identified as effective programs in addressing the epidemic.