HealthCaribbean Weekday
Edition 2021-04-01
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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.
1 in 7 Caribbean-born breast, ovarian cancer patients have gene mutation - Cayman Compass
A study of seven Caribbean countries has shown that an average of one in seven Caribbean-born people on those islands who have been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer carry at least one inherited gene mutation.
Renewed fight against NCDs, mental illness
The Ministry of Health...
Mental health epidemic warning
A silent surge in mental health disorders triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has placed Jamaica on the verge of a crisis that could have devastating long-term implications, medical experts have warned. There are fears, too, that amid the escalating...
St Elizabeth records reduction in aedes aegypti mosquito population
Chief Public Health Inspector for St Elizabeth, Everod Lewis, says the Aedes aegypti mosquito population in the parish has been reduced to seven per cent, as vector-control measures continue in a bid to counter the spread of the dengue virus....
PAHO: TB diagnoses down by 15-20% - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday that the diagnosis of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the Americas fell between 15 and 20 per cent during 2020 compared to the previous year.But that may be because of the global focus on the covid19 pandemic. But in a press release for World Tuberculosis … Continue reading PAHO: TB diagnoses down by 15-20%
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