The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the PAHO GUY Country Office and the "Improved health of women and adolescent girls in situations of vulnerability" project supported by Global Affairs Canada, held a stakeholder meeting to discuss adolescent health issues, innovative strategies, and interventions to improve adolescent health…
The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) is holding its 2022 conference under the theme Managing Change and Resilience: Proactive Action in Caribbean Libraries, Museums and Archives. A pre-conference event held on May 26 brought the Virtual Health Library (VHL) Content roundtable, which featured…
Kingston, Jamaica, June 1, 2022 (PAHO) - Primary healthcare workers play an important role in keeping communities safe through the delivery of routine and COVID-19 immunizations. Nurse Christine Smart-Guy, the public health nurse responsible for immunizations at the Kitson Town Health Centre in rural St. Catherine is proud to promote…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 12 May 2022 – During a brief ceremony at the Ministry of Health, PAHO/WHO's Country Representative, Dr. Erica Wheeler, handed over medical supplies valued at approximately USD $34,000.00 to the Minister of Health, The Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh. The donation, made possible courtesy the Alma Jean Henry…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 31 May 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Message by PAHO/WHO Representative, a.i. for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries – Dr Karen Polson Edwards
More than ten years ago, Caribbean Leaders created history by getting the world to pay attention to their dilemma, the rising burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which transcends…
Kingston, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 (PAHO) - A recent rapid assessment conducted by Jamaica's National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) reveals widespread use and access to tobacco vaping devices among youth in Jamaica. Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton pointed to worrying trends during the national World No Tobacco Day Youth Forum, held today at…
Montevideo, 27 May 2022- In the framework of the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, CLAP held the webinar Respectful maternal care: moving from theory to action, to address successful experiences of implementing respectful maternal care in health centres.
The meeting aimed to serve as a guide for professionals in the search for a…
Roseau, Dominica, 13 May (PAHO/WHO) - During the next few months, Dominicans will progressively note a change in the care they receive at the seven main health centres on the island.
On Wednesday May 13th, 2022, the excited and enthusiastic technical and administrative team at the primary health care level, led by the Acting Minister of Health,…
Group warm-up session during the Wan Gesontu Libi Health Fair & Walk
Paramaribo, Suriname, 15 May, 2022 (PAHO) - As a part of World Health Day 2022 that was commemorated on 7 April, a joint effort was made, spearheaded by PAHO along with other UN agencies (UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP), the Ministry of Health and Bureau of Public Health to organize a…