The 8th Executive Council Meeting of the CHART Network will be held September 18, 2008 at the Super Clubs Breezes Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas. The meeting will be hosted under the auspices of the new Chair of the CHART Network Executive Council, Dr. Perry Gomez who succeeded Professor Brendan Bain.  Dr. Gomez is the Director of the National HIV/AIDS Programme in the Bahamas, Chief of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Princess Margaret Hospital (Nassau) as well as the Medical Director of CHART Bahamas National Training Centre.

This meeting will continue the CHART tradition of governance in support of strategic planning for the Network.  

This resource package includes a video with an accompanying facilitator’s guide.  It was developed to educate Caribbean healthcare providers and to help curb the stigma and discrimination experienced by PLWHA in healthcare settings.  The video consists of a series of short "trigger" scenarios that include dramatized voices of healthcare workers (HCWs), patients, and community members, presenting different aspects of HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination in Caribbean healthcare settings.  This resource is designed for use during training and educational activities and will facilitate opportunities for discussion, analysis, behavioural and/or institutional change.  The video is available from the CHART Network in DVD format.  For more information on this resource and to request a copy contact the CHART Network at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .