PARIS – Caribbean countries are likely to benefit from a new initiative launched in Paris aimed at investing in and strengthening essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health care (PHC) services in low- and low-and-middle income countries (LICs, LMICs).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will host the inaugural three-day Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ministerial conference on non-communicable disease (NCD) and mental health, which gets underway on Wednesday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says the low adoption rate of HPC vaccines in Guyana has become a cause for concern even as cervical cancer is the second most common cancer affecting women in the country.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has launched the State of the World’s Children 2023 under the theme “For Every Child, Vaccination” and has received cold chain equipment from UNICEF Belize to strengthen primary health care in the country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Approximately 68 patients at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, who have lost limbs due to a health condition or trauma, will be provided with prosthetics.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – There are renewed calls for Jamaicans to eat healthy foods for sustainable health and well-being and to pay careful attention to labels on food packages.

Washington, DC – The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Belize as malaria-free, following the country’s over 70 years of continued efforts to stamp out the disease.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Health authorities have confirmed that a resurgence of cholera has resulted in the deaths of several hundred people in Haiti since the beginning of the year.

GENEVA – CARICOM health ministers have joined their counterparts in the Americas in calling for more equity and solidarity to better address future pandemics.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the 2023 Bridgetown Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health that addresses some of the world’s deadliest diseases in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which are especially at risk.

WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank says that the COVID-19 pandemic has disturbed the economic and social well-being of Eastern Caribbean countries that were hit hard by the virus and is seeking to improving health resilience through the pandemic response.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Wednesday said tobacco use remains a major public health concern in the Caribbean region, warning also that there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke.