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Webinar: January 24, 2012 - The Strengths and Challenges of Providing HIV/AIDS Services to the African, Caribbean and Black Communities in Canada

On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 from 2 pm to 3 pm EST, the Canadian AIDS Society, together with the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and Area (ACCKWA), the AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington County, and Somerset West Community Health Centre, invited AIDS service organizations nationally to participate in this webinar that highlighted the best practices and explored the challenges of serving heterogeneous African, Caribbean and Black Populations in Canada.

Co-presenters:
• Mercy Gichuki, African Caribbean Strategy Coordinator, ACCKWA and AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington County
• Jane Karago-Odongo, African and Caribbean HIV Prevention Strategy Worker, Somerset West Community Health Centre

This session was recommended for service providers working with ethnocultural communities, policy-makers, staff in community health centres and all those who want to improve the response to HIV/AIDS in Canada’s ethnocultural communities.

If you were unable to attend, we welcome you to consult the PowerPoint presentation below and to listen to the recorded event.

Webinar 2-Recording.wav Microsoft PowerPoint - Webinar 2--English Slides.pdf