OECS Media Release: Sensitizing high-risk communities on tuberculosis, HIV

by OECS
A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION HELPED INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICIPANTS ABOUT THE DISEASES.

Within the framework of World Tuberculosis Day celebrated on March 24, the coordination team of the OECS Tuberculosis/HIV Elimination Project conducted a one day sensitization campaign targeting the community of Anse-La-Raye.

Over 50 inhabitants of Anse-La-Raye were sensitized to the Tuberculosis/HIV Elimination Project with presentations to the nursing service of the community, along with testimonials from patients affected by tuberculosis.

The coordination team of the Tuberculosis/HIV Elimination Project concluded the community visit by implementing a question-and-answer session to enhance public awareness and deepen the understanding of participants about both diseases.

This targeted initiative forms part of a regional campaign undertaken in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Global Fund.

The USD $5 million Tuberculosis and HIV Elimination Project which is aimed at preventing and controlling the diseases in the Eastern Caribbean, operates in six participating OECS member states: Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Lucia, Antigua, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada.

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