Health bosses have secured ï¿¡2.8 million of government funding to provide better mental health counselling services for people.
The new cash will allow both East Sussex Downs and Weald and Hastings and Rother Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), working closely with Sussex Partnership Trust, to recruit staff who offer properly supervised low and high intensity talking therapies.
The [...]
May is National Mental Health Month, with the theme “Get Connected.” Mental Health America, the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives, founded Mental Health Month more than 50 years ago to raise awareness about mental health conditions and the importance of mental health for everyone.
Due to a long-standing stigma [...]
John Earnest Deaves and his daughter Jennifer Anne Deaves are at the centre of an incest scandal in South Australia over their seven-year relationship.
The pair revealed their relationship on the Nine Networks 60 Minutes program last night, saying they were just asking for some respect and understanding.
In March this year, they were placed on three-year [...]
By Stephen CummingsCaribbean Net News Trinidad and Tobago CorrespondentEmail: stephen@caribbeannetnews.com
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: A draft policy document on HIV/AIDS in the workplace is soon to be laid before the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament. This was confirmed by Labour Minister, Rennie Dumas while addressing a function in Port of Spain. According to Dumas, the HIV/AIDS draft policy is [...]
LONDON, England: In June 2008, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance will start a project in Haiti to ensure that those who need HIV prevention, treatment, and care are able to access these services. The three-year project, supported by the Big Lottery Fund, will work with local leaders, health providers, and community members to increase their involvement [...]
By Stephen CummingsCaribbean Net News Trinidad and Tobago Correspondent Email: stephen@caribbeannews.com
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: Stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV and AIDs in Trinidad and Tobago is still said to be among several major factors that are contributing to the continued spread of HIV and AIDS in the country and the wider region. This [...]
Youre campaigning for Hear the World, the hearing-loss awareness campaign.
Do you worry about losing your hearing?
When I sat down to think about it I realised that I had taken my hearing for
granted. I thought of my father who worked in the shipyards. At the age of
14 he stood in the hulls of ships holding rivets [...]
CAMDEN, N.J. - New Jersey has become the last state where intravenous drug users can legally get clean needles, but two of the state’s three needle exchanges are struggling to get clients.
A lack of funding, winter weather, remote locations and a mistrust by drug users are all making it tough for the exchanges to reach [...]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Guyana%26rsquo;s aggressive response to HIV/AIDS has seen the epidemic stabilising over the past three years as it pursues the goal of having no child born with HIV. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy made this assertion while speaking at the presentation of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) Workshop held [...]
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: On Saturday, the Cayman Islands Red Cross asked the residents of Grand Cayman if they would join the fight against the spread of HIV not only in the Cayman Islands, but also regionally and globally. Over 700 persons from all ages, nationalities and walks of life answered a resounding %26ldquo;yes!%26rdquo;
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