HealthCaribbean Weekend
Edition 2021-04-29
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HealthCaribbean Weekend is a weekly PHC Health Newsletter published on Thursdays which depicts current happenings in the Caribbean Healthcare Sector, of interest to healthcare providers, investors & suppliers.
Caricom repeats call for global, equitable access to vaccines
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana's Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has called ...
‘TRAGEDY TO HUMANITY’
In a shot across the bow directed at world powers like the United States, Prime Minister Andrew Holness cast Jamaica’s mass vaccination of more than 75,000 people over four days as a global marker and laid down the gauntlet for hoarders of the life...
CARPHA: Removing health inequities is a must - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) commemorated World Health Day, April 7, on Wednesday, promoting the slogan of “Together for a fairer and healthier world.” In a press release, Dr Joy St John, executive director of CARPHA, made an urgent call to eliminate health inequities and mobilise actions to achieve better health for all and … Continue reading CARPHA: Removing health inequities is a must
VACCINE JAM
Uncertainty looms over whether the Jamaican Government’s immunisation drive will be hamstrung after India placed a temporary hold on all exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Rising infections in the subcontinent have driven up...
Guyana complains to UN over access to COVID vaccines at affordable costs
Kaieteur News – Guyana on Thursday lodged a complaint with the United Nations (UN) over the hurdles being faced by developing countries—itself included—in accessing COVID-19 vaccines at an af…
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