Ebola: What is the Caribbean doing? – Three reports & WHO focuses on preventing regional spread
Caribbean Island St. Lucia bans entry of travellers from Ebola-stricken countries By Erika Villanueva From China Topix Officials from the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean have ordered a travel ban for people coming from Ebola-hit West African nations…
Death toll from Chikungunya hits 113 in the Caribbean, PAHO says
From The Montserrat Reporter Fox News (EFE) At least 113 people have died in the Americas, with all the fatalities reported in the Caribbean region, after becoming infected with the Chikungunya virus, the Pan American Health Organization, or PAHO, said,…
Caribbean must work to eliminate mosquito-breeding sites – PAHO
From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Thursday September 11, 2014, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging Caribbean countries to eradicate the breeding sites of mosquitoes that transmit dengue and the chikungunya virus even as it warned…
3 new cases for Chikungunya in Cayman Islands being tested – no new positive cases/Caribbean top 500,000 cases
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Chikungunya update for Cayman Islands as of 4 August 2014 Total cases investigated for chikungunya since 25 June 2014 is 13. Since the last update on 28 July 2014, there have been three new…
Caribbean chikungunya cases up 7%
By Robert Roos News Editor From CIDRAP Cases in the Dominican Republic have increased by almost 30,000 in a week. Suspected and confirmed chikungunya cases in the Americas increased about 7.4% last week, reaching 474,880, with the Dominican Republic accounting…
Meeting with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Consultant
Ms Devora Kestel, PAHO/WHO, Mental Health Regional Advisor, arrived in the Cayman Islands on Monday, 14th July, to assist the Mental Health Commission (MHC) with the World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) survey. The meeting was…
Atherden: Meeting of Caribbean UK Overseas Territories Ministers of Health Department of Communication and Information
Ministerial Statement to the House of Assembly by the Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment The Honourable Jeanne J. Atherden, JP, MP On 18th July, 2014 “CARIBBEAN UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES MINISTERS OF HEALTH MEETING” Mr. Speaker, Thank you for the…
iNews Briefs
Follow Cayman in its Commonwealth Games bid by downloading app Team Cayman By Richard de Groen Open iTunes to buy and download apps. Description The official Team Cayman 2014 Commonwealth Games application. The app will follow the athletes of Team…
Caribbean nations fighting spread of chikungunya virus; 21 deaths so far
From NNN NASSAU (Bahamas), July 10 (NNN-CARIBBEANNEWS) — Twenty-one deaths were reported so far following the rapid spread of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus in the Caribbean region, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads…
Number of Caribbean children obese and overweight doubles in last decade – study
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday July 2, 2014, CMC – A study done in four Caribbean countries has found that 30 per cent of children aged 11 to 13 were overweight or obese, a senior official of the Pan American…
