On Wednesday 5th December 2012, the Options CARISMA team hosted a Total Condom Market Dissemination Event in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The 1 day event saw attendees from across the region representing NGOs, SMOs, multi-lateral organisations, MoH and the private sector.

Minutes for the event can be found here

Presentations for the meeting are as follows:

1. CARISMA II Overview - Christopher Brady (Options Consultancy Services)

2. Keynote Speaker - Ian Askew (Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition)

3.  TCM in the Dominican Republic - Evan Shippee (Euromonitor International)

4. TCM in the Eastern Caribbean - Evan Shippee (Euromonitor International) and Maxine Wedderburn (Hope Caribbean)

5.  TCM in Suriname - Rob Verhage (HERA)

6. TCM in Jamaica - Valerie Kerr (HERA)

7.  TCM in Belize - Greg Curtiss (Euromonitor International)

8. TCM in Haiti - Greg Curtiss (Euromonitor International)

9.  Regional TCM Outlook - Eleanor Brown (Options Consultancy Services)

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The Caribbean Social Marketing Programme (CARISMA) held a Special Session and Knowledge Fair on Social Marketing for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion at the recently-held Caribbean HIV Conference in the Bahamas, November 18-21, 2011. Below you will find links to the presentations delivered by CARISMA partners at the Session.

Social Marketing In Action!

Experiences from the Caribbean Social Marketing Programme (CARISMA)

The CARISMA Special Session sought to increase the awareness of all participants on the Role of CARISMA in meeting HIV prevention objectives through Social Marketing and how CARISMA best practices and lessons learned can be applied to national HIV/SRH programmes. Participants were exposed to various Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) techniques that can be used with hard-to-reach, hidden and stigmatised populations as well as witnessed the use of Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, You tube) to support HIV and SRH programmes with key at-risk populations.

Presentations

CARISMA In Action! by Mr Carl Browne, Former Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership on HIV/AIDS (PANCAP/CARICOM)

Behaviour Change Communication In Action! by Ms Anick Supplice, Deputy Director, Population Services International (PSI), Haiti

Social Media In Action! by Mr Kerry Singh, Deputy Representative, Population Services International (PSI), Caribbean

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