KINGSTON, 1 December 2020—On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Caribbean AIDS response stakeholders are calling for countries in the region to adopt HIV self-testing. During the virtual launch of the “In Your Hands” Caribbean HIV self-testing campaign yesterday, partners advocated for self-testing policies to be developed and implemented as part of…
PAHO Suriname and the Blood Bank of the Suriname Red Cross are partnering to boost donations of blood during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has reduced the supply of blood and blood components and adversely affected blood system activities in many countries. In Suriname, this has been no different according to the Director of the Suriname Red…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 November 2020 - Staff at the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries joined the global movement in support of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This year’s theme is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” with a specific focus on COVID-19. Like in…
The Caribbean is being advised to contain the spread of dengue, as 2.7 million cases, many of whom are children, have been recorded in the Caribbean, Latin America and North America thus far for 2020.
Dr. Yitades Gebre, PAHO/WHO Representative for Barbados and the ECC, recently stated: “We need to do it all – governments need to provide…
Kingston, Jamaica, November 19, 2020 (PAHO) - In June 2020, countries and territories in the Caribbean Region initiated the process to resume non-essential international travel in order to reactivate their economies heavily affected by measures adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In that context, on 9 July 2020, the Country Office of…
Belize City, Belize, November 18, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany (BMG) donated a portable X-Ray machine to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority (KHMHA) for use at the COVID-19 Critical Care Unit. As a follow-up to a ventilator that…
Since 2013 the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Belize office has been organizing an influenza vaccination campaign. Done in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the campaign targets UN staff, family, and PAHO neighbours in the country office’s compound, encouraging them to get a yearly dose of the…
St. Kitts and Nevis’s COVID-19 fight received a boost thanks to a donation of medical equipment on Friday 13 November, 2020
Bridgetown, Barbados, November 17, 2020 (PAHO/WHO)—The Federation received 35,200 respiratory masks, 10,500 isolation gowns, and 3,600 goggles, through PAHO with financial assistance from the Government of Canada. Dr.…
About 30 million babies are born prematurely per year in the world. Of these, 1.2 million are born in the region of the Americas.
Montevideo, November 17th, 2020 (CLAP/PAHO)‒ Premature babies do not reach the appropriate weight, are exposed to getting sick, require specialized attention, care to survive, to grow and develop healthy.…