Health lead­ers, tech­ni­cal ex­perts, and coun­try rep­re­sen­ta­tives from 19 Caribbean coun­tries have gath­ered in Trelawny, Ja­maica, for the Caribbean Work­shop on the Strength­en­ing of Elim­i­na­tion of Moth­er-to-Child Trans­mis­sion of spe­cif­ic dis­eases with­in Ma­ter­nal and Child Health (MCH).

This work­shop cel­e­brates the re­gion’s lead­er­ship in EMTCT of HIV and syphilis and re­in­forces a col­lec­tive com­mit­ment to strength­en pre­ven­tion and re­sponse ef­forts against HIV, syphilis, and he­pati­tis B.

Or­gan­ised by the Pan Amer­i­can Health Or­ga­ni­za­tion (PA­HO) in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) and the Unit­ed Na­tions Of­fice for South-South Co­op­er­a­tion and sup­port­ed by the In­dia-UN De­vel­op­ment Part­ner­ship Fund, the ini­tia­tive rep­re­sents an in­vest­ment in the health and well­be­ing of moth­ers and chil­dren through­out the re­gion.