PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Monday announced the appointment of Dr. Lisa Indar as its executive director, replacing Barbadian Dr. Joy St. John’s who had been in the position since 2019.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony Wednesday said that Guyana through the National Public Health Reference Lab (NPHRL), is now providing the World Health Organization (WHO) with samples to help design influenza vaccines.

BRADES, Montserrat – The Montserrat government says it has signed a multi-million-dollar contract with a St. Lucia-based construction company to build the third phase of the New National Hospital of Montserrat project.

WASHINGTON, DC -The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says disparity in access to treatment for childhood cancers is particularly concerning in Latin America and the Caribbean, where around 30,000 children and adolescents under the age of 19 will be diagnosed with cancer each year.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging Latin America and Caribbean governments to prioritize access to essential cancer medicines, supplies, and equipment.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Health says the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) recently received accreditation from the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) as a National Influenza Centre (NIC) and has become a member of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS).

WASHINGTON, DC – IDB Lab, the innovation and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), says it  is partnering with 19Labs to pilot the use of drone technology for delivering critical medical supplies to some of Guyana’s remote hinterland communities.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Tuesday  issued an epidemiological alert  regarding yellow fever in the Americas following the recent increase in confirmed human cases in several countries in the region and a change in the geographic distribution of the disease.

WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday called for increased efforts to eliminate these diseases, which affect more than 50 million people in the Region of the Americas, including the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says the government, through the Ministry of Health, will begin work on an Oncology centre, a move that will forever change how cancer patients are managed in the country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The  National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is warning Jamaicans about the dangers of alcohol misuse after new evidence shows a direct link between alcohol consumption and cancer.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Health authorities are urging people in Trinidad and Tobago to refrain from eating Giant African Snails, amid newspaper reports that the snails were being consumed and becoming a delicacy.