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Jamaica Lagging Behind In HIV/AIDS Target, Says Tufton

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Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (right) cuts the ribbon to officially open the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Jamaica Medical Centre on Hagley Park Road in St Andrew yesterday. Assisting the minister are (from left) Steadman Fuller, custos of Kingston; Dr Kevin Harvey, AHF Caribbean regional director; Manoela Manova, country director of UNAIDS; Rosie Stone; Dr Patricia Campos, AHF Latin America and Caribbean Bureau chief; and Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown Burke.
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (right) cuts the ribbon to officially open the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Jamaica Medical Centre on Hagley Park Road in St Andrew yesterday. Assisting the minister are (from left) Steadman Fuller, custos of Kingston; Dr Kevin Harvey, AHF Caribbean regional director; Manoela Manova, country director of UNAIDS; Rosie Stone; Dr Patricia Campos, AHF Latin America and Caribbean Bureau chief; and Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown Burke.

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that based on current statistics, the country is likely to miss a global HIV/AIDS target on persons knowing their status, accessing treatment, and living healthier lives.

Jamaica is among countries participating in the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 90-90-90 initiative, which says that by 2020, countries should achieve 90 per cent of people living with HIV knowing their status, 90 per cent of people who know their HIV-positive status accessing treatment, and 90 per cent of people on treatment having suppressed viral loads.  Read More

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