The Caribbean has reopened and COVID-19 is spreading — but one island is finding success
After being hit with an "Avoid non-essential travel" warning by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of the coronavirus, the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia recently got some good news: it was moved to the "No Health Warnin...
US gifts Jamaica multimillion dollar field hospital to help COVID-19 fight
The United States government has donated a 70-bed mobile field hospital to Jamaica to assist the country’s coronavirus fight. The US$753,000 facility was transported to Kingston today by the US Air Force, and will be set up in St Andrew...
Puerto Rico panel gets FDA consent to authorize novel coronavirus tests
Providing ‘scientific autonomy’ amid pandemic
PAHO: Reopening societies before health systems are ready could lead to full-blown outb...
PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne has recommended a series of measures for minimizing transmission as countries reopen. Reopening societies before health systems are ready “would risk a handful of cases in one area becoming a full-blown outbreak,” she s...
Ministry of Health launches chronic health passport
In the Caribbean, chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the cause of the majority of premature adult deaths. They pose a serious threat to health and development. NCD mortality in the Caribbean is the highest in the Americas. Heart disease, stro...
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