New Animation Series Creates Awareness on HIV Prevention and Control
OECS Media Release
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 — The HIV/TB Elimination Project of the OECS Commission is working with partners to raise awareness and social responsibility around the issues of HIV and HIV/TB through the launch of a new animation series.
The three-part narrative features key affected populations and introduces audiences to HIV/TB prevention and control with an emphasis on screening, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow up, combating stigma and discrimination and cultivating community participation.
Dr. Cleophas D’Auvergne, Project Coordinator for the OECS HIV/TB Elimination Project, hopes that the narratives in the animations would highlight common misconceptions and help viewers realise that TB and TB/HIV prevention and control is both an individual and community responsibility.
“These animations are a vital part of public education and sensitisation germane to TB, TB/HIV in our communities. They capture the essence of TB prevention, screening and control using a medium that engenders personification, familiarity, humour and realism all fashioned by our OECS cultural context,” Dr. D’Auvergne added.
The overarching goal of the OECS HIV/TB Elimination Project is to implement HIV, STI and TB interventions in the OECS to effectively reduce the rates of new infections in line with HIV 90-90-90 targets by 2020, the End TB Strategy and the TB Elimination Framework for low incidence countries with emphasis on improving the service for key populations (KPs).
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