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ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER PASCH NNNN

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AIDS Programme Manager: Sex Trade On The Rise

Posted on 26 March 2011. Tags: aids, commercial sex trade, economic condition, health official, hiv, illegal transactions, migrant community, oldest profession, sex message, sex work, target

The commercial sex trade in Antigua & Barbuda is on the rise, according to the AIDS Secretariat, with even more of these illegal transactions taking place at private homes.

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Students weigh in on condoms issue

Posted on 05 March 2011. Tags: adults, condoms, consensus, engineering student, hiv, hiv aids, margaret school, princess margaret, secondary schools, sex talk, sexuality, teenager, vibes, youth director

Students have added their views to the ongoing debate as to whether or not condoms should be distributed in schools as part of the nation’s fight against HIV/AIDS

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PEPFAR to provide technical support for HIV/AIDS programmes

Posted on 25 January 2011. Tags: aids relief, barbuda, building sustainability, capacity building, caribbean region, caricom countries, delcora, emergency plan, government officials, health systems, hiv, hiv aids, partnership framework, pepfar, programmes, provide, roles and responsibilities, secretaries, strengthening health, technical persons, technical support, us embassy in barbados, working groups

Antigua & Barbuda is among several Caricom countries set to benefit from technical support provided by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Caribbean region’s Partnership Framework (PF) for HIV/AIDS.

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AIDS Secretariat to spearhead legislation for mandatory reporting from labs

Posted on 24 January 2011. Tags: aids, amp, cuba, delcora, epidemiologist, hiv, hiv aids, legislation, mandatory reporting, martha, medical labs, periods, secretariat, spearhead

Legislation could be coming soon to govern the reporting practices of private medical labs thereby making it mandatory for them to report positive and negative HIV/AIDS results to the AIDS Secretariat.