OECS Commission celebrates World Diabetes Day
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, through the Health Unit, has joined the rest of the World in commemorating World Diabetes Day held on November 14th, 2019, under the theme “Family and Diabetes”. Despite…
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Jamaica: Regional body writes to Holness about legal action against HFJ
By Livern Barrett From Jamaica Gleaner The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), a group of close to 100 civil society organisations across the region, has written to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness declaring that it has serious concerns about the legal…
NCDS in the Caribbean
From Healthy Caribbean Coalition NCDs Fast Food NCDs cause the majority of premature adult deaths and pose a serious threat to health and development in the region. NCD mortality in the Caribbean is the highest in the Americas. On average,…
Cayman Islands Blood Bank sets target of 500 new donors for 2017
Having secured 6% of its overall target for the year at the Taste of Cayman Food Festival, the Cayman Islands Blood Bank is encouraging members of the community who are eligible to donate blood. The blood bank’s objective is to…
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Ebola, war … but just two psychiatrists to deal with a nation’s trauma
Ryan Lenora Brown in Freetown for Bhekisisa From The Guardian UK Overwhelmed counsellors and medical staff in Sierra Leone must contend with suspicion and a collapse in funding The history of Africa’s oldest psychiatric hospital is written on the walls…
Colours Cayman comments on Cayman Islands churches rally to ‘promote Bible-based family values’
On the subject of the upcoming rally organised by The Cayman Islands Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventist and Cayman Ministers’ Association to “promote Bible-based family values,” to those concerned, please be advised, while Colours Cayman is completely in support of freedom of…
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Zika found to remain in sperm for record six months
From BBC The Zika virus has been found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in previously reported cases. Doctors at the Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome said…
The Editor Speaks: Zika and our premier
Zika is dangerous even if you’re not pregnant. This statement comes from Dr. Lee Norman who spoke recently to Newsmax. The following is part of the article that was published soon after the recent 17 confirmed locally transmitted cases in…
Cayman Islands premier’s statement on TWO locally transmitted Zika cases
Statement on locally transmitted Zika cases By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA 9 August, 2016 Unfortunately, in addition to the imported six cases of Zika, the Acting Medical Officer has confirmed that there are at least two cases…
HSA celebrates International Day of the Midwife
On Monday 5th May the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) will be celebrating ‘International Day of the Midwife’ with a display in the atrium of the Cayman Islands Hospital from 10am – 4pm showcasing midwifery, one of the most…
