June 27, 2017 -- Regional Testing Day (RTD) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this Friday June 30 when people from 21 countries across the Caribbean will be afforded the opportunity to get tested for HIV at over three hundred (300) sites across the region. The aim is to test one hundred thousand (100,000) people across the region during this 10th anniversary year. Last year over twenty thousand (20,000) people were tested in 20 countries at over 300 testing sites.
Regional Testing Day has been organised by LIVE UP: The Caribbean Media Alliance for the last ten years, with the support of two (2) critical strategic partners: Scotiabank and the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV AIDS (PANCAP). Scotiabank makes their bank branches accessible so the public can be tested easily as they do their banking business while extending hospitality to the testing and counselling teams and taking care of any external infrastructure needed at testing sites. PANCAP mobilizes all Ministries and Departments of Health who in turn provide all the Counseling and Testing Teams. The Ministries of Health provide the testing kits, expertise and resources to conduct the testing at the agreed locations.
A major milestone of the 10th Anniversary Regional Testing Day celebrations was the presentation of thirty-three (33) awards to organizations and individuals from across the Caribbean who have worked tirelessly over the last ten years in support of Regional Testing Day (RTD) activities. The awardees hailed from St. Lucia, Jamaica Belize, Haiti, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts-Nevis, Dominica and the British Virgin Islands. LIVE UP: The Caribbean Media Alliance presented the awards to 21 individuals and 12 organizations as part of its continued promotion of its unique media brand, addressing HIV and issues of human rights and social justice in the Caribbean.
ABOUT SCOTIABANK
Scotiabank has been in the Caribbean and Central America since 1889, operating in 25 countries through nearly 370 branches and has a staff of about 10,160 people serving more than two million customers. Scotiabank is committed to supporting the well-being of communities in which it operates. Recognized as a leader internationally and among Canadian corporations for its charitable donations and philanthropic activities, in 2007 the Bank provided more than $43 million in sponsorships and donations to a variety of projects and initiatives, primarily in the areas of healthcare, education, social services, the arts and culture. Please visit them at www.scotiabank.com.
ABOUT LIVE UP: THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA ALLIANCE
The genesis of LIVE UP was a Global Media AIDS Initiative established in 2004 by then UN Secretary General His Excellency Kofi Annan, UNAIDS, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation to leverage the power of the world’s media to share information on HIV, reduce stigma and discrimination and ultimately change behaviour. With initial 6-year funding support from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Ford Foundation and Kaiser Family Foundation, the Caribbean partnership (CBMP) was launched in 2006 with 30 top broadcasters. The LIVE UP Campaign was launched at ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007.
After the first 6 years of HIV/AIDS public education campaigns and programmes, specific project funding from the Global Fund, PEPFAR, PSI/Caribbean, UNESCO, UNAIDS, UN Women, UNFPA and The Maria Holder Memorial Trust enabled LIVE UP in recent years to add even more to our creative and innovative Caribbean campaigns. For the past ten years, LIVE UP has been the only media-led campaign on HIV/AIDS to reach across the entire Caribbean.
It has expanded from 30 to 112 broadcasters (television and radio) from 24 countries that we trained to create accurate and sensitive programming on HIV, Key Populations, Gender Violence, Human Trafficking and Stigma and Discrimination.
It is the region’s first coordinated media response that developed into a movement, training more than 2000 broadcasters, producing hundreds of Public Service Campaigns and other radio and TV magazine and feature programmes. The LIVE UP coordinated campaign has changed the Caribbean health promotion and media landscape and made a significant contribution to the HIV response in the region.
With this expansion, the LIVE UP partnership has now evolved into LIVE UP: The Caribbean Media Alliance (LIVE UP), Registered Charity #1282. The health and social justice issues being addressed by LIVE UP will continue to grow in keeping with the needs of our small developing nations of the Caribbean. LIVE UP will continue to be the unique media brand, addressing HIV and issues of human rights and social justice to reduce pervasive stigma and discrimination in our Caribbean region.
The objective is to embolden prevention efforts and reduce all stigma and discrimination throughout the Caribbean. We all can Love, Protect and Respect each other, people with disabilities, the elderly and our environment and create a better life for all in the region. LIVE UP remains committed to saving lives and making a difference while training media members to be catalysts for change. For more information, visit www.iliveup.info and the LIVE UP Facebook page.
REGIONAL TESTING DAY 2017-TESTING SITE SUBMISSION FORM
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Date of Testing
Day of Week-Day of Month-Month
(e.g. Friday 30 June)
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Name and Location
of Testing Site (e.g. NCF Cavalcade, Briar Hall, Christ Church)
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Opening Hours
of Testing Site (e.g.7pm-11pm )
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Friday, 2nd June
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Green Valley Festival
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9:000 am-
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Wednesday, 7th June
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Kajola Factory
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9:00am-
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Thursday, 8th June
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STEP Program
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9:00am
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Friday, 9th June
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Parks and Beaches
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9:00am
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Friday, 9th June
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Basseterre Health Centre
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9:00am
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Monday, 12th June
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Basseterre Health Centre
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Monday, 12th June
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St. Peters Health Centre
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Monday, 12th June
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JNF Auxiliary Staff
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1:30 pm
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Tuesday, 13th June
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Kajola Factory
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12:00pm
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Tuesday, 13th June
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Charlestown Health Centre, Nevis
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Tuesday, 13th June
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Cayon Footballers
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, 14th June
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Fire Services
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Thursday, 15th June
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Seventh-day Primary School Staff
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9:00am
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Friday, 16th June
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Police
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Monday, 19th
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Cayon Health Centre
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9:00am-3:00pm
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Monday, 19th June
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JNF Hospital Staff (Auxiliary)
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1:30pm
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Thursday, 22nd June
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TDC Group Companies
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Friday, 23rd June
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Parks & Beaches
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9:00am
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Sunday, 25th June
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Key Population
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Tuesday, 27th June
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Harowe Server Factory
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9;00 am
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Wednesday, 28th June
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General Post Office Staff
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9:00am
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Friday, 30th June
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West Independence Square
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9:00am -6:00 pm
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Friday, 30th June
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Rams Parking Lot, Bird Rock
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9:00am-6:00 pm
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Friday, 30th June
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Best Buy Parking Lot, Buckley’s
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9:00am-6:00 pm
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Friday, 30th June
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Administrative Building Parking Lot ,Charlestown Nevis
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9:00am-
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