HIV consultation for Global Fund hears of progress in cutting infection rate

The Guyana Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) on accessing the Global Fund last month held a consultation on HIV at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Georgetown and heard how there had been progress on reducing infections.

The consultation is usually held to identify gaps and challenges faced by stakeholders, and to formulate recommendations to be made before Round 11, when bidding for money from the fund will be done. In addition, a report on activities and discussions of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), HIV programme performance and eligibility requirements was also presented at the July 28 consultation.

The representative for Guyana’s CCM HIV programme, Desiree Edghill, delivered a detailed report which dealt with her organization’s activities during the year. She stated that during a special CCM meeting held in August last year, updates from