Nassau, Bahamas, January 6, 2021 (PAHO/WHO)—Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, the first Caribbean female and second Caribbean native to receive the prestigious PAHO Public Health Hero of the Americas Award, was bestowed the Companion of the Most Excellent Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) for excellence in public and community health by…
Belize City, Belize, January 5, 2021 (PAHO) – To support the ongoing efforts in expanding SARS-COV-2 testing strategies in Belize, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) donated 49,975 SD Standard F COVID-19 Antigen FIA test kits, 45,000 SD Standard Q COVID-19 Antigen test kits along with seven (7) units of SD…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 31December 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought distress and suffering to every communities and islands in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados as seen all over the world. It has been a very brutal year for all of us.
The pandemic has disrupted our way of living and human relations -affected the social, economic…
Belize City, Belize, December 31, 2020 (PAHO) – To strengthen the clinical management response, specifically for the care of persons with severe COVID-19 and needing intubation, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) donated a video laryngoscope to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority (KHMHA).
The video…
Three days before Christmas, the Glebe Polyclinic in St. George, Barbados, received a donation from PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC).
Bridgetown, Barbados, December 22, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - In their continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic, PAHO presented the polyclinic with a state of the art standing non-…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 December 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - On 14 December 2020, authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) reported that a SARS-CoV-2 variant has been identified through viral genomic sequencing in 1,108 individuals as of 13 December 2020.
Given the identified variant strain can be dated back to September 2020 in UK, it is likely this…
Belize City, Belize, December 21, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), supported by the Government of Canada donated 119,360 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to The Kolbe Foundation and Belize Central Prison in the Ministry of Home Affairs & New Growth Ministry, the Children’s Homes and…
Belize City, Belize, December 21, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), as part of the continuous support in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic donated 139,380 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to The Belize Defense Force (BDF) and the Belize National Coast Guard of the Ministry of…
Belize City, Belize, December 21, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), as part of the continuous support in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic donated 30,280 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to the Belize Red Cross. The Red Cross continues to be at the forefront of the battle to…