PAHO urges testing as the first step towards preventing HIV and halting the AIDS epidemic
Knowing HIV status is vital to accessing prevention, treatment, ensuring follow-up, protecting future partners and avoiding new HIV infections. 1 in 4 people with the virus in Latin America and the Caribbean do More...
Information campaign HIV / AIDS
WILLEMSTAD - A large-scale information program on HIV infection, which can lead to the disease AIDS, has started. At the end of this year, six or seven neighborhoods are intended to be connected to the HIV-Biep More...
HIV infection among young people is increasing
WILLEMSTAD - The number of HIV infections among young people is rising. This is according to a report from the Caribbean Network. 2000 people are now registered. But Cura+ thinks that the actual numbers are higher. Cura More...
Six Caribbean territories and states eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
The World Health Organization has validated Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts and Nevis as achieving dual elimination GENEVA - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, More...
3 to 4 new HIV cases every week
WILLEMSTAD - Shocking figures on World AIDS Day: among Curaçao youths aged up to 24, 3 to 4 new cases of HIV are detected each week. That's what Famia Plania (Planned Family) says. They want more to be done to More...
Supply AIDS Inhibitors normalized by end this year
WILLEMSTAD – The supply of AIDS Inhibitors will be normal again by the end of this year. This is according to Cura+ spokesperson Mario Kleinmoedig. The St. Elizabeth Hospital (Sehos) and the interest group met More...
Sehos recognizes shortage HIV / AIDS inhibitors
WILLEMSTAD – The Saint Elizabeth Hospital (Sehos) recognizes that there is a shortage of medicines in the hospital because of cash flow problems. Yesterday the HIV / AIDS patient association Cura+ sounded the More...
Hospital does not have sufficient Aids inhibitors
WILLEMSTAD – The pharmacy at the Sint Elizabeth Hospital (Sehos) does not have enough Aids inhibitor anymore. The reason is the financial situation of the hospital, according to Cura+, the association of HIV/AIDS More...
Caribbean commits to fast-tracking HIV response, calls for international partnership
NEW YORK - The Caribbean has joined the community of nations in framing and endorsing the 2016 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS. The ambitious declaration was adopted at the United Nations General Assembly More...
Cost of HIV medication down from 3500 guilders to 350 guilders per month
WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao has been able to reduce the cost for HIV/AIDS treatment by applying the special prices, which are valid for developing countries. If in the recent past patients infected with HIV cost 3500 More...
