Caribbean Broadcast Media Leaders Summit on HIV/AIDS: Highlights
The summit was held at the Hilton Barbados Hotel at Needham's Point in St. Michael, Barbados Monday May 8-Wednesday May 10.
MONDAY, MAY 8 – HIV/AIDS IN THE CARIBBEAN
- Welcome / Opening Comments – Dr. Allyson Leacock, General Manager, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
- Dr. Allyson Leacock, General Manager of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Barbados, welcomed the participants to the first Caribbean Broadcast Media Leaders Summit on HIV/AIDS. She explained that the Summit would examine critical issues in the region and stressed that it was important to work together as a unit across the region and to ensure awareness of facts and figures, as well as sensitivities and sensibilities.
- Introductory Remarks – Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group
- The State of the Epidemic in the Caribbean – Moderated by Jones P. Madeira, Caribbean Epidemiological Centre, featuring the panelists:
- Mr. Carl Browne, Director, Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS
- Ms. Yolanda Simon, President, Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
- Ms. Jennifer Kates, Vice President and Director, HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Dr. Robert Carr, Co-Chair, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition
- Dr. Amery Browne, Director, Trinidad National AIDS Coordinating Committee
- Keynote Remarks – Dr. Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami; Trustee, Kaiser Family Foundation
- To read Dr. Shalala’s remarks in full, click here
TUESDAY, MAY 9 – HIV/AIDS IN THE CONTEXT OF CORPORATE POLICY AND MEDIA STRATEGY
- Role of Media in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS – Mr. Patrick Cozier, Caribbean Broadcasting Union, and Dr. Allyson Leacock, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
- Why Media Matters: The Power of Communication in Fighting AIDS – Dr. Drew E. Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation
- To read Dr. Altman’s remarks in full, click here
- To view the accompanying video reel, click here
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HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean: Importance of Awareness and Stigma – Sir George Alleyne, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
- To read Sir Alleyne’s remarks in full, click here
- Discussion on Key Topics - Moderated by Dr. Allyson Leacock
- HIV/AIDS as a Business Principle
- Integration of HIV/AIDS Messaging across Platforms
- Extending the Reach and Impact of HIV/AIDS Messaging
- Discussion of Draft Summit Declaration - Moderated by Mr. Patrick Cozier
- Keynote Remarks - Dr. Carol Jacobs, Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and Chair of the National HIV/AIDS Commission
- Dr. Jacobs addressed the participants at lunch on the second day of the Summit. Dr. Jacobs looked at the issue of HIV/AIDS from a Barbadian and Caribbean perspective, examined the work that the Global Fund was doing, and challenged the media to see themselves as agents of change.
- To read Dr. Jacobs’ remarks in full, click here
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10- TRANSLATING PRINCIPLES INTO ACTION: THE WAY FORWARD
- Remarks from KFF – Tina Hoff
- Finalization of the Summit Declaration
- To see the declaration in its entirety, click here
- Selection of Steering Committee
- Summit attendees endorsed the following individuals as members of the Steering Committee:
- Allyson Leacock, Chair
- Corletha Ollivierre, National Broadcasting Corporation, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Jennifer Grant, CVM Communications Group, Jamaica
- Christopher Laird, Gayelle, Trinidad and Tobago
- Richard Purcell, Grenada Broadcasting Network, Grenada
- Stewart Krohn, Great Belize Productions, Belize
- Closure
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