ECC Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean prepares the region to face the COVID-19 epidemic. ECC also publishes situation updates on COVID-19 response in the Caribbean countries.
News on ECC response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bridgetown, Barbados – 15 October 2020. The development and implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine is envisioned as a key intervention to significantly reduce the threat of the virus. To prepare countries for introduction of a vaccine, the PAHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries held a virtual meeting to discuss the…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 08 October 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) collaborated to orient participants on the International Classification of Disease, tenth edition (ICD-10) coding for COVID-19 mortality.
This second orientation session brought together fifty-eight (58)…
This video summarizes the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries by the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries, for the period February – August 2020.
The COVID-19 testing capacity at two of Barbados’ polyclinics have been enhanced by donations of information technology equipment by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). On Friday 25 September 2020, PAHO equipped the Eunice Gibson and Brandford Taitt Polyclinics each with a laptop, monitor, printer and related accessories.
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This Barbados COVID-19 case study was compiled by World Health Organization (WHO) with input from the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and…
A cadre of nursing students and teachers are better equipped to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bridgetown, 25 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The nursing students and teachers of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College – Division of Nursing Education, who were joined by representatives from the Ministry of Health, learned how to effectively…
Citizens of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) are better equipped to manage the challenges presented by COVID-19 and the hurricane season.
Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - On August 20th, the BVI/PAHO Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Project was officially launched, as well as the COVID-19 and Disaster Mental Health…
Video - Webinar on Scaling up the Protection, Promotion and Support to Breastfeeding during COVID-19
Bridgetown, Barbados, 07 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - This webinar, hosted by the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries was organized to generate a forum for discussing the current challenges that may influence the promotion, protection and support to breastfeeding and presenting country experiences which we hope will result…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 02 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization sent the islands of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States along with its regional neighbours, into a heightened form of anxiety when its Director General Dr Tedros declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
Simultaneously, some of our Eastern…