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Big Boost for HIV/AIDS Treatment Programme [Jamaica]
The HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention and Control Programme in Jamaica (Global Fund), has been allocated $374.6 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure…to further strengthen the multi-sector national response to prevent and address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica. This will encompass…legislative framework specially addressing stigma and discrimination aimed at persons living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable high-risk groups…For this fiscal year, goals include: the integration of HIV/AIDS workplace issues into businesses and the public sector; appropriate redress of confirmed cases of dismissal due to HIV status; and, the development and implementation of database for discrimination reporting and redress…