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New Principal Nursing Officer Appointed After…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 25, 2023 (SKNIS): Dr. Rondalyn Dennis-Bradshaw has been appointed as the new Principal Nursing Officer (PNO) in the Ministry of Health, filling the important position…
WHO launches funding appeal to help a record…
WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal 2023 calls for US$ 2.54 billion Geneva, 23 January 2023 – WHO is launching its 2023 health emergency appeal today for US$ 2.54 billion to provide assistance to millions…
US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most…
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach for future…
Alzheimer’s Association of SKN joins…
The Alzheimer's Association of St. Kitts and Nevis has joined all other Alzheimer’s Associations in the Caribbean, and Alzheimer’s disease International (ADI) in the “What’s your Plan Campaign”. The…
Small Island Developing States accelerate action…
The Government of Barbados, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization are holding a high-level technical meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health…
JNF General Hospital to Receive New Cataract…
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis : The Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital wishes to alert the public that cataract surgeries will be resuming at the institution within a few weeks, following the…
St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Health Encourages…
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, January 16, 2023 : The Ministry of Health and the Joseph N France General Hospital Executive Management Committee would like to announce some critical changes to be…
WHO welcomes data on COVID-19 in China, meeting…
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke with Minister Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health Commission, about the COVID-19 situation in the country. WHO appreciates this…
Hundreds Show for Prostate Screening
Charlestown-Nevis-After a three-year hiatus, due to the covid -19 pandemic, Urologist Associates, headed by Dr. Dwayne Thwaites, conducted another prostate screening clinic at the OCCASIONS, on…
Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Address…
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis : Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew addressed the Health Minister’s Session of the Voice of South Summit 2023 (India) in a virtual forum…
Prostate cancer screening clinics return to Nevis…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 13, 2023) -- The free annual prostate cancer screening clinics held on Nevis by Urologist Associates, headed by Dr Dwayne Thwaites will resume on Saturday, January 14,…
Persons Asked To be Vigilant Against Several…
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, January 11, 2023 : St. Kitts and Nevis, as with the rest of the region, is in the middle of the 2022-2023 Influenza (flu) season which typically occurs between…
CARPHA’S Executive Director Updates Prime Minister…
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, January 11, 2023 (SKNIS) –Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. Joy St. John met today (January 11) in Basseterre with the Prime Minister of St.…
CARPHA Encourages Enhanced Vigilance and…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Almost 3 years since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the Caribbean Region and the COVID-19 outbreak was designated a pandemic, COVID-19 cases are still…
Guyana imposes new travel restrictions for…
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Guyana has become the first CARICOM country to impose new entry requirements for travellers coming from China where there has been an upsurge in the number of COVID-19 cases.…