Health

Sensitizing high-risk community on Tuberculosis and HIV

OECS Media release

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

Over 50 inhabitants of Anse-La-Raye have been sensitized to the Tuberculosis and HIV Elimination Project starting with presentations to the nursing service of the community along with testimonials from patients affected by Tuberculosis.

“This is a direct investment of health education and promotion in at risk communities as part of the corporate social responsibility of the OECS Commission. The public was very receptive and appreciated our initiative, especially men who are more at risk than women.” Dr. Cleophas d'Auvergne, Project Coordinator of the HIV/TB Elimination Project stated.


The coordination team of the Tuberculosis / HIV Elimination Project concluded the community visit by implementing a questions and answers 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 and the Global Fund. The US $5 million Tuberculosis and HIV Elimination Project which aims 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.

 

   This story aligns with OECS Strategic Objective No.4: Assure the Security and Well-being of Citizens.
   This story aligns with OECS Strategic Objective No.5: Drive Key Economic Priorities.
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Sensitization campaign in Anse La Raye on World Tuberculosis Day - March 2018Sensitization campaign in Anse La Raye on World Tuberculosis Day - March 2018
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Cleophas D'Auvergne

Project Coordinator of the HIV/TB Elimination Project , OECS Commission

Lynette Hardy

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, HIV/TB Elimination Project, OECS

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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has eleven members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. 

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