PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has provided 1.17 million doses of oral cholera vaccines to Haiti as cases continue to rise across the country.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for countries in the region to address inequalities that prevent progress towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, as it marked World AIDS Day.

WASHINGTON, DC - The New Jersey based Caribbean Medical Mission (CMM) has come in for much commendation for the community and international outreach they have undertaken over the past twenty-five years.

WASHINGTON, DC – A new study has found that adoption of front-of-pack nutrition warnings can help decrease obesity and cardiovascular disease in the Americas, including the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Ahead of World AIDS Day on Thursday, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that progress in HIV prevention and treatment has nearly flatlined over the past three years, with many regions still not at pre-pandemic service coverage.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has launched the first CARICOM-approved health, safety, and environmental sanitation (HSE) hospitality standards to improve health, safety, and environmental quality in the regional hospitality sector, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

UNITED NATIONS – A top United Nations aid official says the continued spread of cholera in Haiti is a “worrying trend”, lamenting that a US$145 million appeal to support the response is only 16 percent funded.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says the proposed introduction of paternity leave for fathers of newborns and family leave for adoptive parents bringing a new child into the home, is scheduled to come into effect on January 1, 2023.

LIMA, Peru – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says health experts and partners from the Americas, including the Caribbean, involved in meningitis prevention, control and treatment have gathered here to develop a roadmap to defeat meningitis in the region by 2030.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first batch of nurses from the United States who will be participating in the Code Care Project recently arrived in the island.

WASHINGTON, DC –Canada is providing CAD$15 million (One CAD$=US$0.74 cents) towards a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) initiative to increase vaccine production capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, DC – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, Wednesday called on countries to implement the tools proven to keep communities safe, including vaccines, surveillance, mask wearing and social distancing, particularly in the run-up to the festive period amid concerns that the region is experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases.