Washington, DC – The number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine delivered by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to Latin America and the Caribbean reached 100 million today, thanks to the efforts of the organization’s Revolving Fund, the procurement and delivery partner of COVAX in the region.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tyhiesia Donald, Tuesday said there appear to be family members who are deliberately denying medication to elderly people and children diagnosed with non-communicable diseases (NCD) and other life-threatening ailments.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana Friday announced the immediate lifting of the nationwide curfew that had been put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic two years ago.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Health Minister Ian Gooding-Edghill has announced that effective Monday, Barbados will no longer have a curfew as part of its Emergency Management (COVID-19)(Curfew) Directive. 

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Health City has broken ground on a new US$100 million state-of-the-art medical facility in the Cayman Islands to specialize in cancer care, neonatal intensive care, and robotic surgery.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has cautioned Ministries of Health across the region against administering any dosage of the adult Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 5 to 11 years, as they continue to roll out their vaccination campaigns.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh Wednesday described as “a very regrettable incident” the situation confronting a woman who is being flown out to the United States for medical treatment on Saturday after her pelvic area was accidently washed with lye following a 2019 procedure.

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Bermuda’s children aged five to 11 are soon to be given the opportunity to be vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic , which has now killed 119 people on the island after another death, although active cases continue to fall, health officials announced.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for an increase in cancer treatment and prevention services to reduce new cases of the disease in the Americas, including the Caribbean. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - While 63 percent of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have now been vaccinated against COVID-19, coverage remains uneven, with 14 countries and territories immunizing 70 percent of their populations and the same number failing to reach even 40 percent coverage, the Pan American Health Organization Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said on Wednesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago is recording a decline in the number of patients being treated for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but health officials warn that it is still too early for people to disregard the various protocols put in place to stem the spread of the virus that has killed 3, 412 people and infected 112, 000 over a two year period.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the eve of the first World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging governments to provide comprehensive and universal care for the millions of people affected by these poverty-related diseases in the Americas, including the Caribbean.