WASHINTON, D.C. – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr. Carissa Etienne Wednesday warned countries that it is too soon to lower their guards as the world observes the second anniversary of the coronavirus (COVID-19) being characterized as a pandemic.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr. Carissa Etienne has attributed an increase in maternal mortality in the Americas, including the Caribbean, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, to lack of access to timely care and disruptions to prenatal services.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling on the countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, to redouble efforts to vaccinate children against polio.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A senior official of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), says the acquisition of the new genome sequencer should improve the tracking of HIV transmission networks on the island.

With the recent commemoration of World Cancer Day, the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) used the opportunity to focus on its healthcare workers, by providing them with free cancer screening, education and wellness checks.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceno says he will support a move to lift the curfew imposed here as part of the efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed 645 and infected 56,256 others since March 2020.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday announced the relaxation of several measures put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed 3, 642 people and infected 129,000 since March 2020.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados National Registry (BNR) says colorectal cancer and other preventable cancers are on the rise in the country.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia government has announced new measures aimed at curbing continued spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that up to Thursday had killed 267 people and infected 22, 426 others since March two years ago.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Friday warned that obesity remains a major public health concern in the region noting that the Caribbean has some of the highest rates of overweight and obesity in the Americas among adults.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday published a guidance urging Latin American and Caribbean countries to step up surveillance efforts after floods to quickly identify and control disease outbreaks with serious public health impact.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr. Carissa F. Etienne says complacency around mask wearing, travel and indoor gatherings created a perfect opportunity for the new Omicron variant to spread rapidly throughout the region and increase deaths, with many places remaining “just as they were before.”