On 18 February, the Minister of health, Dr. Christopher Tufton (right) cuts the ribbon in order to formally detect the honey in the middle of the health Fund on HIV / AIDS (AHF) on Hagley Park road in St Andrew. At this point (on the left) are separated by Kustos of Kingston, Steadman fuller; regional Director, AHF Caribbean, Dr. Kevin Harvey; campaign to fight stigma of HIV, rosemary stone; head of the Bureau of AHF in Latin America and the Caribbean Dr. Patricia Campos and member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela brown Burke. 

Kingston, Jamaica-Dr Christopher Tafton, Minister of health, calls for redoubling efforts to eliminate discrimination against people living with the human immunodeficiency microbe (HIV).

Speaking with a major report at the official opening of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) medical center on Hagley Park road in St. Andrew yesterday, Dr. Tafton said, in fact, that while some groups are more vulnerable to infection by the disease, anyone has the ability to freeze to death by a microbial victim.

“We have to accept in our environment with this recognition and with this reality – the fact that the risk profile of HIV is beyond the scope of a certain group, and to prove their loyalty to the struggle with him," said the Minister to the audience.

He said in fact that no 1 patient with HIV who seeks advice or treatment at municipal medical institutions, should not be denied service by reason of disease because the person convicted of violating the Directive will face the results for their own exposure.

"Patients with HIV do not have to be treated differently than people with diabetes or hypertension and other diseases. If we ever find that discrimination is actually used, we will take decisive measures, due to the fact that we are all vulnerable,” the Minister said.

The AHF, which is located at 183 Hagley Park Road, is considered the largest non-governmental organization in Jamaica providing offers and assistance to people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Since 2013, the organization has been cooperating with the Ministry of health in the maintenance of municipal HIV healing centers of the Western regional health administration (WRHA) and the North-Eastern regional health administration (NERHA).

Thanks to a brand new Memorandum of understanding signed at the opening by the Minister and AHF, the southern regional health authority (SRHA) has been added to the partnership.

Still, speaking at the opening was Wait for Kingston, those who are fuller, who praised the group for extending health care to the population; OSN Caribbean regional Director, Dr. Kevin Harvey; OSN Latin America and the Caribbean Head office, Dr. Patricia Campos; Caribbean regional Director of the program Center for Disease Control, Dr. Varough Deyde; USAID Director, Manoela MANOVA; HIV and anti-stigma campaigner, rosemary stone.

The Los Angeles AIDS health Foundation (OSN) is a massive non - profit organization providing avant-garde medicine and advocacy to more than 1 million people in 43 States.