The Caribbean Voice backs call for integrated health care to tackle mental health
From Guyana Times The Draft Mental Health Strategy of Guyana 2015-2020 has confirmed that there are minimal numbers of general health human resources with the necessary mental health competencies to provide mental health services at any level of general healthcare…
Cayman Islands MRCU explains Zika control methods
The Mosquito and Research Control Unit (MRCU), beginning on Monday 1 February, 2016, commenced its plan of action in destroying the breeding sites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito and preventing the potential threat of Zika virus to the Cayman Islands….
Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in Texas
by: JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press From FOX 28 News DALLAS (AP) — Health officials on Tuesday reported that a person in Texas has become infected with the Zika virus through sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted…
Air Canada backs down, will refund pregnant Manitoban’s Caribbean trip over Zika concerns
From CBC News Brandon’s Samantha Dellezay planned to fly to Saint Lucia in February A Brandon, Man., woman will get a refund from Air Canada Vacations after she cancelled a trip St. Lucia in the Caribbean because of concerns about…
French Caribbean facing Zika epidemic, taking extra measures
PARIS (AP) — Two French regions in the Caribbean face an epidemic of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which was just declared a global public health emergency, and France’s government is sending extra hospital equipment and preparing extra medical staff to…
Trinidad declares health emergency over Zika virus/WHO declares emergency
Trinidad declares health emergency over Zika virus From St Lucia News online CARIBBEAN360 – No cases of the Zika virus have surfaced in Trinidad and Tobago, but Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh has declared a national public health emergency as…
What’s Next for the Zika Virus?
By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier From The Atlantic The CDC is warning pregnant women against traveling to 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and some of those countries are urging their own citizens to avoid conception. Public-health officials in Latin…
Olwomen story of the week
20 highly effective migraine solutions Submitted By Jenny Smith From Olwomen Migraines are amongst the most severe kind of headaches and according to World Health Organization it is considered amongst the 20 most disabling medical condition. Migraine is usually starts…
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Medical Tourism in the Caribbean
By Paul Hay From Caribbean Journal The fifth “Global Ministerial Summit” was held in Washington, DC on Sept. 21. Ministers of health, tourism and economic development, trade commissioners, and health attachés from 25 nations gathered to discuss medical tourism challenges…
Big soda challenged on World Diabetes Day
By Lyndal Rowlands From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States, Thursday November 13, 2014. IPS – Corporations marketing unhealthy foods to poorer consumers are being challenged for their role in the growing global burden of diseases like diabetes. Over 340 million…
