Health Ministry launches sexual health campaign ahead of festival
With the annual emancipation festivities just around the corner, the Ministry of Health has launched a sexual health campaign called ‘Wrap it Up’ to help reduce high-risk sexual behaviours locally.
The emancipation festivities include a variety of party events such as j’Ouverts and stage shows that typically involve alcohol and festive activities, often leading to intimate encounters among patrons.
Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Ronald Georges emphasised the campaign’s focus on promoting social responsibility during the festival, encouraging the public to “Wrap it Up before you wuk it up.”
“As part of the campaign, a few local laboratories have also agreed to offer promotions on Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing for the community,” Dr Georges said. “The labs will conduct their own advertising for these promotions, but we encourage everyone to take advantage of the opportunity to get tested and know their sexual health status.”
The acting CMO highlighted that the Wrap it Up campaign will target a wide cross-section of the community, with assertive graphics particularly aimed at the younger population, who are especially at risk of contracting STIs.
The campaign will feature audio and video interviews, radio commercials, newsletters, and press releases to support its message. These materials will address various issues, including drinking and driving, mixing medications with alcohol, the age of consent, issues around consent, and reducing high-risk sexual behaviors.
Earlier this year, statistics from the Ministry of Health showed a steady rise in HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in the BVI. Over the past five years, more than 262 cases have been reported across all ages and demographics in the community.
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I*v** from BVIEC, please take advantage of these testing initiatives as you are a known bisexual man who has been spreading STD’s. This goes to everybody too, please protect yourselves and know your status.
fellas if aya eying any gyal who participate in these activities please wear that rubber!
ladies you too!
but to each is own yall have fun out there just dont bring that fun to the young ones who don’t know any better
Really ?
U telling ppl what they already know ?
Ppl fail to listen
Man and woman head bad on alco and drugs who’s thinking straight ?
Get high
Get stupid
Get aids and or any other stds
Please all fat girls keep your clothes on nobody wants to see all those rolls and stretch marks its disgusting to look at
Look like you caught your man watching a fat girl and not you 🙂
you must be a fat girl and catch feelings
Sweet heart I’m sorry you lost your man to a fat girl, men don’t like bone 🙂 go get you a bbl or just eat mawga dawg
sweet heart did you just assume my gender that’s racist, but seriously I’m not a girl, just a man tired of losing his lunch seeing you mompies in skimpy clothes
is it the hurricanes that destroyed the british virgin islands or is it the politicians running the territory of the british virgin islands? no human life can run away and hide from natural disasters or is it drone activity? something is definitely wrong in the british virgin islands that everything has been destroyed in the british virgin islands.
even though the british virgin islands is an extremely tiny territory which is part of the british overseas territory, it is now 2024, be on guard, there is drone activity all over the globe. it would help if the british virgin islands would remain a british overseas territory because nations are fighting against nations and there are rumors of wars and famine and pestilence globally because of drone arsenal.
Big bad pig smells flower after flower and becomes good pig!
Remember that dumb and retarded Snapple commercial? Well, that comes to mind every time I see your stupid f-ing comments all over these news sites!
People not taking the consequences of a few minutes of pleasure can destroy so much lives
Tthe days of Sodom and Gomorrah
Nature always comes first. Wondering if Ronald is of a virgin birth to.
For a single screw
I just here sipping my
on the yello site who always spewing up hatred & racism to incite violence which is his hidden agender / the BVI was always a peaceful and loving place UNTILL SOME GREEDY BASTARDS START DEALING WITH THE CARTELS AND INTRODUCE US TO GUNS & DRUGS AND COLD BLOODED
EXECUTION STYLE KILLERS AND THE REST IS HISTORY / AND NOW TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY WE HAVE A WANNABE PASTOR HOLLERING OUT THAT WE ARE FREE OF CORRUPTION HERE , AMD HIS WORSHIPERS ARE AFRAID TO CALL OUT THIS JOKER SO WHO ARE THEY WORSHIPING ❓️ OR ARE THEY JUST LIKE THE DUDE IN MIAMI WHO WAS MOCKING GOD ❓️/ BEFORE KARMA TOUCHED HIM
This is wonderful advice. Hope the young people heed it. They are so busy ‘living their best life’ which in their simple minds is dressing up and going out drinking and partying and having sex with multiple partners without condoms. The young ladies and young men have no respect for themselves or their bodies. Some of our brightest and best young women know some of the young men visit multiple homes nightly for sex, but have not a care in the world and are giddy when it is their turn.
So go ahead Health Services. Shout it from the roof top and I pray they are hearing, because some of them aren’t going to make it to 45 before getting seriously ill the way they are going. Come on young people at least protect yourselves with condoms. But more importantly protect your hearts from letting people trample all over you. Have respect for yourselves. Dare to want BETTER!