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Finance Minister McIntyre’s wife passes away, PM Roosevelt Skerrit extends condolences
Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit mourned the passing of Akinyi McIntyre- wife of Dr Irving McIntyre, Minister for Finance, Economic Development, Climate Resilience and Social Security of Dominica, on Thursday, December 5, 2023.
Saint Lucia: CARPHA hosts monitoring and evaluation workshop
Various departments of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs of Saint Lucia were brought together for a five-day workshop on Monitoring Evaluation and Data Analysis.
Saint Lucia: Health Ministry hosts immunization workshop
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health Jenny Daniel says continuing the immunization programme is of paramount importance to the ministry as this will ensure the resilience of the health sector.
Guyana: Anti-Stigma Sensitivity Training conduct with nurses’ health facilities in Region 3
The National AIDS Programme Secretariat continues to address critical enablers that impede access to health services by persons living with HIV (PLHIV), and the key and other vulnerable groups by conducting a two-day training to address Stigma and Discrimination with Nurses attached to health facilities in Region 3 (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara)
Guyana: Ministry of Health hosts inaugural workshop on clubfoot treatment
This activity was made possible through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Health and Miracle Feet that will facilitate this and similar activities over a three (3) years period.
St Kitts and Nevis implements new COVID travel protocols, drops quarantine measure
The Ministry of Tourism of St Kitts and Nevis announced new restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic for travellers. The COVID-19 protocols came into effect on Monday, August 15, 2022
Guyana hosts SOD Turning Ceremony with government of Austria
The Government of Guyana, together with the Government of Austria, VAMED- Engineering and the British High Commission, turned the sod to commemorate the beginning of the construction of a state-of-the-art Specialized Paediatric and Maternal Hospital in Goedverwagting East Coast Demerara.
Saint Lucia: Health Ministry donates two medical equipment to St Jude Hospital
The St. Jude Hospital received a donation of two significant medical equipment from the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, which is expected to strengthen the delivery of diagnostic tests in the laboratory at the hospital.
Grenada reports outbreak of gastroenteritis, health ministry confirms 95 cases
The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Religious Affairs (MOHWRA) have confirmed an outbreak of gastroenteritis on the island with a steady increase over the past two weeks.
Health Ministry increases monkeypox surveillance in Antigua and Barbuda
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment of Antigua and Barbuda issued an advisory for the people after the World Health Organisation declared that the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.