GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana is now the leading kidney transplant country within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), according to Advisor to the Minister of Health and Guyana’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says he will be responding to growing  concerns following reports that the COVID 19 vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca  has been withdrawn from the market due to concerns of serious side effects.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh Friday said that health authorities are determined to find out the “underlying factors which may have led” to the incident resulting in several babies dying at the neonatal unit of the Port of Spain General Hospital.

WASHINGTON, DC – A new World Health Organization (WHO) report says new syphilis cases among adults aged 15-49 years increased by 30 percent between 2020 and 2022 in the Americas, including the Caribbean. 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – St. Vincent and the Grenadines has joined 10 other Caribbean countries in achieving UNAIDS  certification of the dual elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has been on the health frontlines in Haiti, caring for the violence-wracked, displaced population. 

MIAMI, FL – St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew says the new JNF General Hospital in his twin island Federation will serve as a cornerstone of his administration’s vision to position the country as a hub of medical excellence within the Caribbean region.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is expressing concern about the growing public health crisis derived from the dengue outbreak that affects several countries in the Americas including the Caribbean.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association (TTMA) says it is “disheartened” by the news of the deaths of several babies at the neonatal unit at the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) earlier this month acknowledging that the care of neonates, especially those who are premature, is a complex task with many factors to consider.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica says there were no nationals suffering from a rare blood clot that has been linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine that had been used to help countries worldwide deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PARAMAIBO, Suriname - Suriname's government is urging parents to ensure that their children between the ages of nine and 13 years to be fully vaccinated against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) has dismissed claims that the healthcare system in Trinidad and Tobago has collapsed amid “speculation and misinformation” surrounding the deaths of newborn babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port of Spain General Hospital.