By: Staff Writer October 8, 2021 The Jamaican Ministry of Health is under heavy fire for his failure to secure a proper vaccine mandate for the country. None other than…
Category: HEALTH
32% of COVID deaths worldwide are in Latin America and Caribbean!
By: Staff Writer September 24, 2021 The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region made up 32 percent of all COVID-19 deaths worldwide, prompting the preeminent United Nations agency in the…
PAHO calls for strengthened government action to protect populations from the COVID-19 pandemic’s health and social impacts
September 14, 2021 On the eve of Wellness Week 2021, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling on governments to strengthen social support mechanisms to foster health equity and…
Eastern Caribbean leaders told Constitutions allow mandatory vaccinations
September 7, 2021 Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have been told that there is “ample provision” in their constitutions to support mandatory vaccination laws as the…
France extends Covid-19 lockdown measures in Caribbean territories
August 27, 2021 France has decided to extend Covid-19 lockdown measures in its Caribbean overseas territories, said government spokesman Gabriel Attal on Wednesday, who added that the return to schools in these…
PAHO will begin procuring COVID-19 vaccines to expand access in Latin America and the Caribbean
August 24, 2021 Taking action to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccines, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will use its Revolving Fund to help countries in Latin America and…
The US Government donates 5.5M Pfizer Vaccines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
August 13, 2021 The US Government has generously gifted the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with 5.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines. This is the culmination of efforts initiated by the Prime…
IDB Approves $30M Project to help Panama get Vaccines, address COVID-19
August 6, 2021 THE $30 MILLION INVESTMENT PROJECT AIMS TO REDUCE MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND MITIGATE THE OTHER INDIRECT HEALTH EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a…
Regional Genomic Surveillance Network tracks COVID-19 virus variants throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, PAHO reports
July 23, 2021 The network coordinated by PAHO has detected the presence of at least one “variant of concern” in 47 countries and territories and all four in 11. PAHO…
More COVID-19 vaccines available for CARICOM, PM Rowley says
July 9, 2021 After months of lobbying third states and international institutions for them to share their supplies of COVID-19 vaccines with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Region is now…
Health tip: Tea 101
Resident health and fitness expert, Dr Kent Bazard, owner/operator f Empire Fitness in Nassau, Bahamas, shares with us the benefit of drinking tea regularly.