Jamaica and HIV/AIDS

See also: HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

Jamaica Tourism Ministry Launches HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign (September 28, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jamaican Organizations Will Receive PEPFAR Grants to Fight HIV/AIDS Stigma (May 12, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Jamaica: More Money Needed for HIV Fight -- Local Group (April 26, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jamaica: HIV Drug Shortage -- Medication Being Rationed (January 27, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Looking to the Future: Using Information Technologies to Tackle HIV/AIDS Among MSMs in Jamaica (November 21, 2010)
From The Body
Jamaica: HIV Project Under Threat (September 8, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jamaica: U.S. Embassy Calls for Proposals on HIV (August 26, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
USAID Official Addresses HIV Prevention in Jamaica (February 3, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV Frontlines: HIV/AIDS and Homophobia in Jamaica (February 3, 2010)
An interview with Kwame Dawes and Nancy Mahon.
From The Body PRO
Jamaica: How AIDS Became a Caribbean Crisis (September 30, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jamaica: Most HIV/AIDS Carriers Don't Know They Are Infected (July 7, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jamaica: Face of HIV/AIDS Improves -- Health Official (June 9, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jamaica: Gay Men in Hiding, Avoiding Health Care Because of Stigma, Survey Suggests (March 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continued Discrimination Against Jamaican HIV-Positive MSM Hinders Their Efforts to Seek Health Care, Advocates Say (March 12, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Jamaica: Ministry Exploring PATH Benefits for HIV/AIDS Affected (January 22, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UNAIDS Report on HIV/AIDS in Caribbean Highlights Challenges, Next Steps (December 11, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
A Multimedia Chronicle of Living With HIV in an Impoverished Paradise (Spring 2008)
From Live Hope Love
Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (Jamaica) (PDF) (2008)
From UNAIDS, Pan American Health Organization, UNICEF and World Health Organization
Report Card on HIV Prevention for Girls and Young Women (PDF) (2007)
From United Nations Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation
Homophobia Hinders Efforts to Address HIV/AIDS in Jamaica (September 29, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Jamaica Begins Public Campaign to Fight HIV Stigma (August 23, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Hated to Death: Homophobia, Violence, and Jamaica's HIV/AIDS Epidemic (PDF) (November 15, 2004)
From Human Rights Watch
United States, U.S. Drug Company Merck Announce Grant to Combat HIV/AIDS in Jamaica (June 15, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jamaica Signs Global Fund Agreement to Receive Reduced-Cost Antiretrovirals (May 19, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Jamaica: Cabinet Approves HIV/AIDS Policy for Schools (January 15, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
$15 Million for Infrastructure but No AIDS Drugs for Jamaica (March 2003)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis