WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank has approved a US$8 million grant that will exclusively focus on improving mental health services in Sint Maarten.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – There is hope for patients suffering from critical cardiovascular issues in the Caribbean, reports one of the region’s leading cardiac specialists.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Health authorities are warning against consuming a medical product that is part of a batch of substandard or contaminated cough syrup identified in Cameroon.

Washington, DC - Executives from the Ohio State University (OSU) are exploring opportunities for collaboration to improve oncology nurse training as well as oncology clinic services at the UHWI and in the Public Sector.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has received a US$4.4 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to upgrade computer systems and facilitate training of staff in cyber-security to prevent future cyber-attacks at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

WASHINGTON, DC – Jamaica and Guyana have called for the digitalization of the health sector in the Americas as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD) celebrated five years of collaboration in information systems and digital health.

KINGSTON,  Jamaica – The Ministry of Health in Jamaica is monitoring the uptick in COVID-19 cases and continues to urge persons, particularly the most vulnerable, to take the necessary precautions.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has called on Canada to establish a facility here that would train nurses for the region as well as the North American country as the Caribbean generally faces a serious shortage of health care workers as a result of migration.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has lauded the country’s health sector that is now showing substantial improvements based on data for some key indicators.

After an absence of three years, the New Jersey based Help Jamaica Medical Mission, is scheduled to return to Jamaica from the 6th to the 14th of September and will serve some seven communities in Kingston, St. Thomas, and St. Catherine.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first case of the Monkeypox virus with health authorities here saying the patient is a middle-aged man with a history of international travel.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Some of the island’s popular social media influencers have joined forces with the Ministry of Health and Wellness to support its Expanded Program on Immunization, in an effort to increase the uptake of routine childhood immunizations.