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HIV/AIDS food bank
Barbados has become the first country in the region to have a dedicated HIV/AIDS Food Bank and Personal Development Center.
Health Minister Donville Innis, in officially opening the Vashti Inniss Empowerment Center recently said the new facility signaled the government’s commitment to meet the 2006 United Nations’ General Assembly goal of Universal Assembly goal of Universal Access to comprehensive HIV prevention, programs, treatment, care and support of 2010.
“The results of the scaling up of efforts have been promising, with statistics showing that persons are now learning to live with HIV instead of waiting to die from it,” he said.
Inniss explained that universal access signified a concrete commitment and a renewed resolve among people around the globe to reverse the course of the epidemic.
He said the center would improve accessibility to essential prevention and care services, noting that government recognized that cost should not be a barrier to accessing essentials such as medication, diagnostics and serves and meaningful information.
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