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By Shane D. Williams Kim Simplis-Barrow, Special Envoy for Women and Children, collaborated with the Belize High Commission in London, to host a fundraising gala for a Pediatric

The parents of the 13 children who died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (8 of them from the Enterobacter cloacae infection) will never know what exactly caused

By Miriam Longsworth A mix-up in the delivery of a baby’s corpse at the Western Regional Hospital has left a family in uproar and the public in dismay. Last

By Adele Ramos HIV (the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus) has become “a concentrated epidemic” within the male homosexual community—this according to data that was published inside the TB, HIV/AIDS

By Shane D. Williams Health officials and NGO representatives from 13 countries are in Belize for the Pan American Health Organization’s Sub-Regional Meeting on Development of Alcohol

Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Peter Allen, told the media on Wednesday that a baby mix up at the Western Regional Hospital, which resulted

By Miriam Longsworth PAHO says the outbreak was identified within a short period of time and was addressed in a timely fashion. Investigations by the Pan American Health Orgnization

BELIZE City, Belize -- Mexican physicians visited Belize to collaborate with Belizean authorities to produce a diagnosis on neonatal health in light of recent events that have required

Minister of Health  Pablo Marin cannot be held accountable for last month’s neonatal deaths at the Karl Heusner Memorial, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said Thursday. Barrow said he completely