Under The Theme, “Enhancing Country Ownership and Sustainability” more than 120 representatives of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), including one Head of Government and several Ministers, will meet for the Partnership’s Eleventh Annual General Meeting on November 18, 2011,
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