ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Health Minister Sir Molwyn Joseph says that in an effort to boost the numbers at the Sir Lester Bird Medical center, close to a dozen medical professionals will be sourced from Cuba.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti's Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP) has launched a campaign in the city of Le Cayes, a town in the southwest of the country, aiming to improve immunization coverage, with a particular focus on under-immunized children and zero-dose children.

Nassau, Bahamas – Ministers of Health of the Caribbean met in Nassau, Bahamas, yesterday and agreed to the Declaration of Nassau, which commits governments to take evidence-informed measures to strengthen national immunization programs in the Caribbean.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew says while regional healthcare providers tend to be more oriented toward modern medicine they should also be sensitized to the role of traditional medicine.

WASHINGTON, DC – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Tuesday called on countries including those in the Caribbean to intensify malaria elimination efforts among indigenous, mobile and remote communities, the populations disproportionately affected by the disease.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)  says that it is collaborating with the Government of Canada to strengthen manufacturing capacities to increase the “safe and timely access” to vaccines in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a series of reports that seek to contribute to the development of healthy aging strategies in the Caribbean.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname has praised the work done by two United Nations organizations in the area of health, saying that they have been “crucial partners” in Suriname's efforts to improve its health care system.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has signed and arrangement with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) and the United States Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) that seeks to improve transatlantic collaboration to strengthen global health systems and attain health equity in a post-pandemic context in the Americas, including the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, DC – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa has called for greater investment in public health in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to ensure health systems are better able to respond to the demands of a future emergency while maintaining essential services.

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Balancing the importance of maintaining healthy communities within a thriving tourism-based regional economy will take center stage at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)’s 67th annual Health Research Conference here later this month.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Health authorities are urging technical and financial partners to secure funding to support the activities of the National Blood Safety Programme (PNST) amid concerns for the need to increase the production of safe blood in Haiti.