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The Office of the Prime Minister, National Aids Co-ordinating Committee (NACC) will host a two-day NACC’s Partners Forum in collaborating with all its stakeholders, on tomorrow at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre Hotel, Lady Young Road, Port-of-Spain, beginning at 9 am.
The forum seeks to improved co-ordination of activities between the NACC, its secretariat and its many partners which will significantly aid in the implementation and re-alignment of achieving the strategic intent of the National HIV/Aids plan.
Some 18partners are scheduled to attend the forum includes government ministries, local and regional and international agencies such as PAHO, UNDP among others.
The NACC and its secretariat coordinate the fight against HIV and Aids among key stakeholder groups.
Its mission is to challenge and encourage the national community to work in partnership to prevent and treat HIV and to mitigate its negative impacts in an environment that promotes respect, care and support for all so as to achieve control of the epidemic by 2030.
Minster of State in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy is expected to deliver the feature address.