Health

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 06, 2023)- His Excellency Donya Francis, St. Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) paid a courtesy call on Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 5, 2023 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis’ Embassy in the Republic of China (Taiwan) donated today (January 5) 600 multi-purpose pens to the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF)…

BEIJING (AP): The Chinese government sharply criticised COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the US…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some EU nations have…

BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (December 07, 2022) -- The Radiology Department at the Alexandra Hospital now has a brand-new Philips multislice computerized tomography (CT) scan. The top-of-the-line equipment…

Reno, Nevada, – The adoption of best practice front-of-pack nutrition labeling in more countries of the Americas can help reduce poor-nutrition related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 5, 2022 (SKNIS): On December 1, the World observed the 34th World AIDS Day since the United Nations instituted the commemorative day in 1988 to raise awareness of the…

Distinguished guests, Ambassadors, Secretary General of the OAS, friends, and partners, and PAHO colleagues, it is a privilege to be standing before you this evening. And it is my great pleasure to…

In the last five weeks, the disease's weekly deaths have declined slightly. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that at least 90 percent of…

Message from Mr. Didier Trebucq UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean During a recent event in the region, a human rights defender working for a more inclusive society, a…

Today December 1st, 2022, we celebrate World AIDS Day, an opportunity to bring awareness to our commitment to HIV and AIDS education and prevention. Coming out of a pandemic it is easy to overlook the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (December 01, 2022) -- The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy Williams, Junior Minister of Health and Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) in…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 28, 2022 (SKNIS) – Following a walkthrough of the Basseterre Health Center earlier today, Monday, November 28, Prime Minister and Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr.…

LONDON (AP): The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as ‘mpox’, citing concerns that the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.…