Health

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.…

WASHINGTON (CMC): Canada is providing CAD$15 million towards a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) initiative to increase vaccine production capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean. “Canada…

Friday, 18 November 2022 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified…

Charlestown -Nevis- The Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs, in an effort to raise Public health awareness, will be hosting a Men’s Health Fair. The screening will take place on Friday, 25th…

Bridgetown, Barbados November 15, 2022– The CDEMA Coordinating Unit officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with U.S based Relief and Development Organization, World Hope International…

My Fellow Citizens, This is the time of year when there is increased focus on Diabetes, a global public health issue and awareness of the associated challenges and opportunities relative to…

By CMC News Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Mary Lou Valdez, has underscored the need to make use of collective resources and expertise to tackle pervasive health…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief on Wednesday said a nearly 90% drop in recent COVID-19 deaths globally compared to nine months ago provides “cause for optimism,” but still urged…

SHARM EL SHEIKH (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Motley on Tuesday announced a new initiative involving the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa to develop and manufacture pharmaceuticals for global…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley has again tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild flu-like symptoms on Friday morning. According to…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 03, 2022)- The installation of a new computed tomography (CT) scanner is currently underway at the Alexandra Hospital, propelling the delivery of healthcare on Nevis to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, October 31, 2022: Medical professionals at the Joseph N. France General Hospital, Pogson, and Mary Charles Hospitals, will be undergoing a series of training conducted…

GENEVA (AP) — The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report issued Thursday by the World…

Pfizer will charge US$110 to US$130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the US government stops buying the shots, but the drug maker says it expects many people will continue receiving it for…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 21, 2022) – The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Jr. Minister of Health and Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), to mark the…