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The head of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr James Hosepdales, is predicting “with some degree of certainty” that regional countries will have a dengue type

From October 1, 2016, a reciprocal healthcare agreement between Barbados and the United Kingdom, which allows Barbadians travelling to the UK to access free health services under

BARBADOS HAS RECORDED three cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) so far, this year. This was revealed by Health Minister John Boyce yesterday at the opening of a workshop

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is holding a workshop to train Caribbean health personnel in the clinical management of severe neurological complications related to the

There must be a shift from curative health care to preventive health care, which will ensure not only reduced health care costs, but a healthier population. That’s according

The ministry of health is investigating the cause of microcephaly in two babies delivered in Barbados this week. Local doctors are carrying out investigations to determine whether the birth

The Ministry of Health is investigating the cause of microcephaly in two babies delivered at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) this week. Doctors are trying to determine whether

PHYSICAL EDUCATION should be mandatory until a child leaves secondary school in Barbados. That is the view of cardiologist Dr Raymond Massay, who also called for the taxing

THE PUBLIC IS asked to note that the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is aware that a number of products have been recalled. These include a selection