This year, Scotiabank will facilitate public counselling and testing at select branches across the region on Friday, June 26. On Saturday, June 27 in Barbados, a special outreach will be done to enable after-hours testing at select locations. Regional Testing Day was initiated by the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP) in 2008 with support from Scotiabank in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Pan Caribbean Partnership on HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). 

On Regional Testing Day, people will be provided the opportunity to visit select Scotiabank branches to participate in private, voluntary HIV counselling and testing conducted by trained and experienced personnel from the Ministry of Health.

This year, the number of participating territories has more than doubled with 14 territories participating. These territories are Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Guyana, Turks and Caicos Islands, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Haiti, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Jamaica and Grenada.

The Pan American Health Organization HIV Caribbean Office  (PHCO) recently conducted its first regional activity in St. Maarten.

PHCO organised the workshop in its role as executing agency for the European Union Project geared towards strengthening the integration of the British and Dutch Overseas Territories in the regional response to HIV/AIDS.

The theme of the workshop was "Strengthening the Capacity of the Dutch and British Overseas Countries and Territories to Reduce Stigma & Discrimation, enhance delivery of HIV Services, and strengthen participation of people living with HIV in the HIV response: A Community Consultation."

During the two-day meeting, members from the six Dutch territories working in the field of HIV/AIDS met to discuss the logistics of this project, and give their input.