Support programmes must continue in HIV/AIDS battle – Caricom Assistant SG

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Caricom Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development Dr. Douglas Slater, hands over one of several gifts to Somsadatt Ramesar, Manager, National AIDS Programme Food Bank. The occasion was a brief ceremony to hand over a donation of the Caricom Secretariat of more than $150,000 to the food bank of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2014. (Caricom photo)
Caricom Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development Dr. Douglas Slater, hands over one of several gifts to Somsadatt Ramesar, Manager, National AIDS Programme Food Bank. The occasion was a brief ceremony to hand over a donation of the Caricom Secretariat of more than $150,000 to the food bank of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2014. (Caricom photo)

Caricom’s Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development Dr Douglas Slater has called for continued complementary support programmes and for the elimination of HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

He made the call at a brief ceremony to present food items valued over $150,000 to the food bank of the