NEWS: Jamaica HIV & AIDS Program Includes Disabled People

Posted on 2 October 2008. Filed under: Blind, Cross-Disability, Deaf, HIV/AIDS, Health, Inclusion, Latin America & Caribbean | Tags: , , , , |

The United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS) program in Jamaica has been taking action to ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind in HIV/AIDS education efforts. Initiatives include providing materials in Braille for blind people and incorporating sign language into television public service announcements for deaf people. Read more detail about the project at:

http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/FeatureStories/archive/2008/20080905_disability_hiv_jamaica.asp

Learn more about HIV/AIDS in relation to people with disabilities, and some of the resources available to help, by clicking on HIV/AIDS in the pull-down menu under “Topics/Categories” in the right-hand navigation bar.



I learned about this project via a recent issue of the Disabled Peoples International electronic newsletter.

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hey, this is great! I am working with a volunteer organization (vso, http://www.vsocan.org), as an coordinator of deaf education program for snr: nigeria’s response to hiv and aids (ngo) in kaduna, nigeria. I’ve been looking for resources linking education of deaf people to hiv and aids programmes worldwide. Thanks for the reference!!! Great site, by the way :)
cheers, coco
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3 October 2008

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