NASSAU, Bahamas – Eighteen specialty nurses from Ghana are scheduled to arrive in The Bahamas by the end of October to help relieve the shortage of nurses.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government says it intends to provide an estimated J$200 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) as part of the efforts to combat the spread of the dengue virus.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICM) Secretariat says it is launching a survey on the mental health and well-being issues experienced by young people across the region.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados' Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed a dengue fever outbreak.

GENEVA – The World Health organization (WHO) has recommended a new anti-malaria vaccine for children, a move that could offer countries a cheaper and more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 1, CMC – Director of Health Services, Planning and Integration Dr. Nadine Williams is warning Jamaicans against using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin, diclofenac and ibuprofen, in the treatment of dengue symptoms.

 WASHINGTON, Jamaica – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new initiative aimed at expanding access to non-communicable disease (NCD) services within primary health care systems.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Tuesday announced that Cuban doctor Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito has received its award for Health Services Management and Leadership 2023.

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a ban on smoking and vaping while sitting in class, playing games outside or waiting at the school bus stop.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says it has entered into a partnership with the Caribbean Med Labs Foundation, in launching the “Trust Every Result” campaign, an initiative aimed at transforming laboratory regulation in the Caribbean region.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands –The Cayman Islands government says with immediate effect it has reversed a policy banning people who had visited or lived in countries affected by Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as “mad cow disease” from donating blood.

NEW YORK, New York – In the margins of the just concluded 78^th United Nations General Assembly, the government of Antigua and Barbuda hosted a breakfast meeting to bring awareness to challenges facing vision health.