GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, Tuesday said obesity has emerged as a significant concern in Guyana, with rates steadily increasing among both adults and children.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - The Suriname government has given the green light to a local company in partnership  with an Indian based entity to construct a private hospital on Commissaris Roblesweg in the capital.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Monday announced the appointment of Dr. Lisa Indar as its executive director, replacing Barbadian Dr. Joy St. John’s who had been in the position since 2019.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to take note of the increase cases of measles.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Mayor of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Andrew Swaby, says downtown Kingston could be on the brink of a health crisis due to the constant overflow of sewage in several sections of the city. 

WASHINGTON, DC -The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says disparity in access to treatment for childhood cancers is particularly concerning in Latin America and the Caribbean, where around 30,000 children and adolescents under the age of 19 will be diagnosed with cancer each year.

PORT OF SPAN, Trinidad – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers met on Friday to discuss the decision by the United States to revoke the visas of foreign government officials whose countries employ Cuban doctors and nurses.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – By 2028, the government will have constructed and operationalized 12 state-of-the-art regional hospitals, delivering world-class healthcare services to residents in Regions One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Eight, and Nine, President Irfaan Ali has promised.

WASHINGTON, DC – IDB Lab, the innovation and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), says it  is partnering with 19Labs to pilot the use of drone technology for delivering critical medical supplies to some of Guyana’s remote hinterland communities.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says that its Regional Revolving Funds to assist countries in the Americans including the Caribbean, had increased its investments in vaccines, medicines, and health technologies last year as compared to 2023.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Haitian health authorities Wednesday warned of the circulation of a counterfeit brand of medicine that could result in death.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says the government, through the Ministry of Health, will begin work on an Oncology centre, a move that will forever change how cancer patients are managed in the country.