Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has sounded a call to action toward achieving the elimination of HIV and AIDS, in the Caribbean and the world.
“World AIDS Day and its focus on “Zero” is an opportunity for all of us – individuals, communities and political leaders, to take action and ensure that we achieve the elimination of HIV and AIDS not only in the Caribbean but around the world,” Ambassador LaRocque said in a statement on the occasion of World Aids Day, 1 December.
He said this year’s commemoration, under the theme Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections; Zero Discrimination; and