Tag: World AIDS Day

Testing remains key in fight against HIV

Testing remains key in fight against HIV

| 01/12/2020 | 4 Comments

(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 […]

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Cayman records 7 new HIV infections in 2018

Cayman records 7 new HIV infections in 2018

| 30/11/2018 | 47 Comments

(CNS): Health officials have confirmed that there are now 72 people living with HIV in the Cayman Islands, after seven new infections were diagnosed between January and September of this year and one person died. In his message marking the 30th anniversary of World Aids Day on Saturday, Health Minister Dwayne Seymour reminded the public […]

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Cayman joins in fight to end spread of AIDS by 2030

Cayman joins in fight to end spread of AIDS by 2030

| 01/12/2015 | 9 Comments

(CNS): After more than three decades of fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the world is witnessing signs that the spread of the disease is in real decline. The Cayman Islands is joining the rest of the world in marking World AIDS Day, which has the theme this year ‘On the Fast-Track to end AIDS by 2030’, by offering […]

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