Regional surveillance systems for CAREC member countries: interim policy guidelines

All CAREC member countries must have functioning surveillance systems for communicable and noncommunicable diseases and deaths. Each country must also have guidelines approved and endorsed by relevant authorities in the Ministry of Health to support these systems. This regional policy guidelines document is: i) a guide for the development or strengthening of national surveillance guidelines for communicable and non-communicable diseases and deaths; ii) intended to be used as an advocacy tool for the development of national and regional surveillance systems for communicable and non-communicable diseases and deaths; iii) a description of the regional surveillance systems for communicable and non-communicable diseases and deaths.

Caribbean Epidemiology Centre: annual report 2006

This report summarises the health situation, issues of unit management and perspectives for the way foward. Several emerging diseases pose a threat to the health of the Caribbean people. These include avian influenza and chickungunya, a disease spread by the Aedes aegypti. Measures have been put in place at CAREC and in countries to address the possibility of pandemic influenza. Many of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality have behavioural determinants such as diet and physical activity; alcohol, tobacco and drug use; sexual behaviour; road use behaviour; conflict resolution behaviour; personal and environmental hygiene and health care seeking behaviour. Strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality include personal commitment to a health lifestyle, intersectoral collaboration and policy initiatives of governments. The annual report for the most part describes the work undertaken by the Centre's Divisions. Technical cooperation was provided using several modalities including surveilance, advocacy, policy and norms, dissemination of information,resource mobilization and capacity building.

Status and trends: analysis of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS epidemic 1982-2002

This publication which describes different epidemiological trends and patterns observed regionally and in each individual country is therefore the fruit of a productive collaboration between CAREC and Caribbean Health professionals working at the national level to develop and strengthen health information systems and disease prevention and control programmes... Since June 2003, much has been undertaken to recharacterise the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region. This publication which CAREC hopes to see as an annual HIV/AIDS/STI report will be enriched with new data coming from efforts to recharacterise the epidemic

AIDS Statistics

Informações estatísticas sobre AIDS nos países da Região Caribenha, disponibilizadas pelo CAREC, uma organização formada por representantes dos 21 países da região, administrada pela OPS/PAHO. As tabelas foram elaboradas obedecendo às seguintes categorias: idade e gênero, país e ano, ano e fator de risco, mortes por país e ano, exposição e gênero, e casos reportados em 1997

Home and community care: living positively with HIV/AIDS

This guide was written with the user in mind: the person living with HIV/AIDS, the caregiver whether you are a close relative or friend, home care assistant or professional nurse. Concerns and concepts related to care are threaded throughout the book, so as to highlight the psychological and social aspects of care. Attempts have been made to simpilfy the language to meet the needs of all caregivers. However, some technical information about HIV/AIDS has been included, since many persons living with the problem have a considerable amount of technical information about the disease and its management