The OECS Commission’s HIV/TB Elimination Project has launched a series of animations aimed at raising awareness of TB and HIV in the Caribbean. The short, three-part, series tackles HIV/TB prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and control. One of the key messages of the series is that HIV patients can still lead a full life so early detection is of utmost importance.
This campaign targets the public, with the animations designed to encourage community involvement to facilitate social change. It also aims to bring HIV/TB into public discourse and in so doing address the stigma associated with these conditions and therefore combat the discrimination that those affected by HIV and TB may face.
The animation series is part of the significant body of work being carried out by the OECS Commission to meet the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets by 2020. These targets are to diagnose 90% of HIV-positive persons, provide antiretroviral therapy to 90% of people diagnosed and to achieve viral suppression in 90% of those treated.
The OECS HIV/TB Elimination Project
The OECS Commission’s HIV/TB Elimination Project is a multi-country project involving six OECS member states and began on 1st April 2016 and runs until 31st March 2019. As well as working towards the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets this project has the aim of ensuring that services for HIV, TB and STIs are sustained, strengthened, available and accessed by key affected populations in the OECS. To achieve their aims and objectives the HIV/TB Elimination Project will focus on five strategic areas:
- To implement targeted evidence–based combination prevention strategies for key populations
- To implement the TB elimination framework for low incidence countries to accelerate the elimination of TB in the OECS
- To increase access to quality laboratory testing, screening and diagnosis for the clinical management of HIV and TB
- To integrate TB control programs with HIV services to ensure that comprehensive, high quality care is provided for individuals co-infected with HIV and TB
- To improve HIV/STI /TB surveillance system to increase the availability of data to support evidence-based planning, measure the impact of the response and the achievement of targets
The six member states involved in this project are Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent & the Grenadines, each of these countries have their own national HIV programme which are aligned with this project.
View the Animation Series
You can view the videos from the animated series below:
Episode 1: HIV/TB Screening
Episode 2: HIV/TB Prevention
Episode 3: HIV/TB Control
More Information
For more information on this animation series you can visit the OECS’s website here and for more information on their HIV/TB Elimination Project please click here
