Mrs. Felicity Aymer receiving her award for services to Antigua and Barbuda in the fight against HIV/AIDS by Mrs. Janet Weston Antigua and Barbuda AIDS Programme Manager and member of the CCNAPC Programme Development Committee. View photo »

Antigua was represented by the AIDS Programme Manager Mrs. Janet Weston at the 4th Annual General Meeting and Capacity Building Workshop for Caribbean Coalition of National AIDS Programme Coordinators (CCNAPC) held in St. Maarten on 17 – 19 October 2005.

Three persons who made outstanding contributions to the fight of HIV/AIDS were recognized and awarded for their effort at the general meeting.

Mrs. Felicity Aymer of Antigua/Barbuda was awarded for her Outstanding Service to a National Programme. Also honoured were Dr. Bilali Camara from CAREC for Special Lifetime Award for Outstanding Service to CCNAP and Ms. Mavis Huggins from St. Kitts and Nevis for her Outstanding Service to CCNAPC.

The CCNAPC is a peer based organization committed to improving the quality of National AIDS Programme Coordinators and to supporting member Caribbean nations in reducing the spread and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in the region. This is achieved through the strengthening of membership capacity; facilitation of collaboration among member coordinators, managers and directors; and the development of regional and international alliances. To date the membership consists of 35 countries throughout the Caribbean.

Each year the CCNAPC would meet to discuss and share knowledge and to plan programme for the development of organization and its members. This year a Capacity Building Workshop on Behaviour Change Communication designed to build capacity of the participants in bringing about a positive Behaviour Change as it related to HIV/AIDS, was added to the agenda

CCNAPC also elected a new executive for the next two years. The new chair is Ms. Suzette Moses, Director and the AIDS Programme Coordinator for St. Maarten.