Bridgetown, Barbados, January 13, 2021 (PAHO/WHO) – A year since the world was warned about the outbreak of a new corona virus (COVID-19), close to 91 million cases have been reported and nearly 2 million deaths globally. In the past 3 – 4 weeks, countries in the Eastern Caribbean are now experiencing a second wave and second peaks of the…
Barbados, January 13, 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - Regional Climate Change and Health Designated Authorities and focal points came together for two days, December 2-3, to accelerate the development of comprehensive Health National Adaptation Plans (HNAPs) across 16 CARIFORUM countries, beneficiaries of the recently launched PAHO/EU/CARIFORUM…
São Paulo, 12 January 2021 (PAHO/WHO)—The 9th Session of BIREME’s Advisory Committee (AC) of BIREME, which took place online on December 17, had the following specific objectives: (1) to hold the annual session and establish effective communication and exchange with the members of the Committee; (2) to inform members on the…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 11 January 2021 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) calls for coordinated response and new public health and social measures to address increased COVID-19 cases in the countries.
Over the past three weeks we have seen significant increases in the…
Belize City, Belize, January 6, 2021 (PAHO) – As part of the continued efforts to support the molecular testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Belize, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) made a donation of 30,000 nasopharyngeal swabs to the Central Medical Laboratory.
The nasopharyngeal swab is a narrow stick with…
Nassau, Bahamas, January 6, 2021 (PAHO/WHO)—Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, the first Caribbean female and second Caribbean native to receive the prestigious PAHO Public Health Hero of the Americas Award, was bestowed the Companion of the Most Excellent Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) for excellence in public and community health by…
Belize City, Belize, January 5, 2021 (PAHO) – To support the ongoing efforts in expanding SARS-COV-2 testing strategies in Belize, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) donated 49,975 SD Standard F COVID-19 Antigen FIA test kits, 45,000 SD Standard Q COVID-19 Antigen test kits along with seven (7) units of SD…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 31December 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought distress and suffering to every communities and islands in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados as seen all over the world. It has been a very brutal year for all of us.
The pandemic has disrupted our way of living and human relations -affected the social, economic…
Belize City, Belize, December 31, 2020 (PAHO) – To strengthen the clinical management response, specifically for the care of persons with severe COVID-19 and needing intubation, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) donated a video laryngoscope to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority (KHMHA).
The video…