Tag: HIV/AIDS
Cayman needs to improve HIV surveillance
(CNS): As the world marks HIV Day today, Friday, Cayman Islands officials have said that surveillance of the virus needs to improve, given the risks of the transient population and the lack of comprehensive sex education and sexual health programmes. Six new cases of HIV were identified in the country this year and a total […]
Testing remains key in fight against HIV
(CNS): While the world is preoccupied by the impact of COVID-19, World Aids Day serves as a reminder that it is not the only contagious virus in our communities. However, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has passed on some valuable lessons. Given the enormous strides being made in the treatment of HIV, over 38 million people around […]
HIV+ expat permits considered case by case
(CNS): Following the recent release by UNAIDS calling on the Cayman Islands and 47 other countries to lift restrictions on people seeking to visit, study or work who are HIV positive, officials here have said that there is no mandatory restriction and that each case is considered on its own merit based on medical expert […]
