ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – More than 100 health workers arrived here from Ghana on Monday night with Antigua and Barbuda saying their presence will go towards easing the staff shortage within the health sector.

WASHINGTON, DC – The World Health Organization (WHO)  Tuesday urged Caribbean governments to significantly strengthen taxes on sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages amid concerns that these products are getting cheaper, due to consistently low tax rates in most countries.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The government of Guyana intends to purchase an anti-retroviral known as lenacapavir, that scientists say can offer protection against Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) up to six months.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Antigua and Barbuda government has agreed to contract over 100 nurses from Ghana, but insisted that it has not formally ended the programme where it has recruited health professionals from Cuba to work within the country’s healthcare system.

Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen is urging people who are suffering from a mental illness to seek professional help which might save their lives.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has sought to assure tourists that they are not at risk despite the current leptospirosis outbreak.

BASSETERRE, ST. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew says he will be bringing to Cabinet, a submission to address the important matter of increasing the birth rate in St. Kitts and Nevis.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname's government says persons insured with the State Health Insurance Fund (SZF) will no longer be required to pay extra for operations and medications that fall under the SZF allowance.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government Thursday sought to re-assure the public as well as potential visitors to the island that there is no need to panic amid concerns of a leptospirosis outbreak.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons has described her recent visit to Colombia as a “working” one intended to deepen existing collaboration and to gather practical building blocks for a renewed healthcare system in Suriname.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Monday said it has launched the nee HEARTS Quality Framework ,  which countries can  immediately use to enhance hypertension and cardiovascular risk management, prevent heart attacks and strokes, and deliver better care through primary health care closer to people’s homes.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government Friday confirmed an outbreak of leptospirosis with health authorities saying that six people have so far died as a result.