PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging Caribbean countries to enhanced their surveillance amid reports of increases in respiratory illnesses including human metapneumovirus (HMPV).

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling for the urgent protection of medical facilities and health services as violence continues to escalate across Haiti.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Health City Cayman Islands has achieved a groundbreaking milestone in regional orthopedic care by performing the English-speaking Caribbean’s first robotic knee replacement surgery using the state-of-the-art Smith & Nephew CORI Surgical System.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada's government has terminated its agreement with a company in the United States  that was contracted to develop the framework for the island’s  implementation of a National Health Insurance plan aimed at strengthening and improving the healthcare system and services.

WASHINGTON, DC – A new report by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has underscored the need to prioritize primary health care to advance toward universal health in the Americas.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Health authorities say a significant number of people  who have tested positive for the HIV/AIDS virus are not collecting their antiretroviral medication.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched an interactive dashboard to monitor avian influenza A(H5N1) cases in the Americas including the Caribbean.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize says it has been monitoring the spread of the New World Screwworm in Central America for two years and have increased the threat level to extremely high.

WASHINGTON, DC –  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the “Better with PrEP” campaign, with the goal of expanding access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Latin America and the Caribbean.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations top expert on human rights in Haiti, William O’Neill, Friday condemned the “intentional” attacks on hospitals, clinics and healthcare workers by armed gangs in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country,  warning that medical facilities were already “near collapse”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Ministry of Health  has confirmed two adult cases of the Oropouche virus disease (OROV) in Barbados.

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique – The first Caribbean Institute for Nuclear Imaging (ICIN) has opened in the French-island of Martinique offering a unique medical facility for cancer screening and diagnosing services for regional and international patients.