Minister of Health John Maginley and Director of Pharmaceutical Services Casford King will be attending the meeting, along with other Ministers responsible for Health. Several other health officials will be attending the meeting also including the Director of Social and Sustainable Division of the OECS Secretariat, representatives from the OECS/Pharmaceutical Procurement Services (OECS/PPS), Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the CARICOM Secretariat.

The delegates will review several papers at the OECS/PPS Policy Board meeting. These include the annual report for 2006, programme budget for the year 2006, 2007, a 4-year strategic plan for 2006 to 2010, and a position paper to re-define the responsibilities between OECS/PPS and the OECS countries.

Consideration will also be given to the ECCB report on the conduct of OECS/PPS accounts.

During the second part of the meeting, delegates will discuss health care issues relating to HIV/AIDS and will focus on three specific areas, namely:

- Status update on the OECS HIV/AIDS Global Fund Project

- Framework proposal for developing an OECS HIV/AIDS Programme

- Report on the visit between the Brazilian delegation and OECS and CARICOM Secretariats regarding Technical Cooperation on HIV/AIDS.

For further information contact:
Consuela Parker
Communications Officer
Ministry of Health
consuela.parker@ab.gov.ag