Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony on Monday met with a team from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to discuss strategies geared at eliminating Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), hepatitis, and Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030.
A PAHO initiative aims at eliminating more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions in the Americas by 2030 as such, a review of the response to TB and HIV, as well as the development of a roadmap for progress towards TB and HIV elimination, is required.
During the meeting, areas of rapid assessments of the Health Information Systems for HIV, hepatitis and TB information systems and recommendations with specific actions to support the development of the future Health Information Systems, were discussed, a release from the Ministry of Health said.
Accompanying Anthony at this meeting were Chief Medical Officer, Dr Narine Singh; MoH Permanent Secretary, Malcolm Watkins; Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat, Dr. Tariq Jagnarine, along with other Programme Heads of the Ministry of Health.
