BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The 69th annual health research conference of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Pubic Health Agency (CARPHA) began here on Thursday, with delegates being told that the region has made some advances in improving mental health care, particularly in mental health legislation.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday said that at least 14 out of the 39 countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, lack sufficient doctors, nurses, and midwives to meet the health needs of their populations.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that while the region of the Americas, including the Caribbean, has progressed towards reducing maternal mortality, challenges remain, requiring urgent efforts to ensure all women have access to quality maternal health care.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Two projects aimed at strengthening the Caribbean’s ability to combat the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been launched here.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called on Caribbean and other countries to strengthen efforts and revitalize strategies to accelerate progress toward malaria elimination in the region of the Americas.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, Monday called on stakeholders across the region to intensify efforts to provide universal access to quality maternal healthcare.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The three-day Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) health research conference aimed at addressing pressing health challenges and seek actionable solutions gets underway here on Wednesday.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia has become the first country in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to fully implement the regional Enhancing Health Infrastructure and Resilience project.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Pan American health Organization (PAHO) says it has sent a shipment of almost three tons of essential medicines and health supplies to Haiti as part of its commitment to address the prolonged humanitarian crisis in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Friday said that across Haiti, access to healthcare is shrinking and that the situation is particularly acute in the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area, where 42 per cent of the healthcare facilities remain closed.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda marked the 25th anniversary of the presence of Cuban health workers here, reassuring the Cubans that their presence on the Caribbean island will always be appreciated.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Health & Wellness Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton is in the Philippines, pursuing a partnership to boost Jamaica’s human resources for health.