The 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference: Strengthening Evidence To Achieve Sustainable Action, Bahamas, November 18-21, 2011 The conference goal is to sharpen the focus on HIV in the Caribbean, the region with the world's second highest adult HIV prevalence. In 2008, approximately 240,000 people in the region were living with HIV, 20,000 new infections occurred, and 12,000 deaths resulted from AIDS-related illnesses (UNAIDS).
Click on post title to link to the conference website.Labels: Caribbean, HIV/AIDS, medical conference
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HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean: Guest Lecture
Dr. Kathleen Allen-Ferdinand,
the Island’s leading authority on HIV/AIDs, will be giving a guest lecture in the
IUON Auditorium
Wednesday, January 23 at 6:00pm.All students, faculty, and staff
are invited.She will be discussing the status of the epidemic in the Caribbean, with specifics about St. Kitts.
Please encourage all of your students to attend. Catherine Garner DrPH, RN, FAAN
Provost / DeanLabels: Caribbean AIDS epidemic, Caribbean nursing education, HIV/AIDS, International University of Nursing, IUON Guest Lecturer, nursing education, St. Kitts
The 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference: Strengthening Evidence To Achieve Sustainable Action, Bahamas, November 18-21, 2011 
