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Health Facilities in Seven Caribbean Countries to be Made Disaster Resistant

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has selected 16 hospitals and health centers in seven Caribbean countries to make them safer, greener and more resilient to natural disasters. It’s happening under the framework of the Smart Health Care Facilities Project, […]

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Breast Cancer Survivor Using Memoir to Help Build Oncology Centre in St Vincent

In 2007, not long after fulfilling her dream of living in Paris, France, Karla Baptiste was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer at the age of 34. She

Four cases of “swine flu” confirmed in St. Vincent

Four cases of H1N1, commonly known as “swine flu” have been confirmed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the month of April. According to iWitness News, Communications Officer

Zika virus now confirmed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Vincent and the Grenadines has joined the list of Caribbean countries where the mosquito-borne Zika virus has been confirmed. Minister of Health Senator Luke Browne made the disclosure

Cuban medication meets with success in St Vincent and the Grenadines

The Cuban diabetic-foot-ulcer treatment known as Heberprot-P is being successfully administered in St Vincent and the Grenadines, the first eastern Caribbean nation to use the new product

PAHO & SVG MOH host diabetic/podiatry workshops

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), will convene two (2) workshops in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

SVG hosts HACCP Food Safety Systems Workshop

Twenty officers of the Banana Service Unit, the Produce Marketing Organisation and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector, recently trained at a three-day workshop on Hazard Analysis and

Ministry of Health to launch Biosafety policy & legislative framework

St. Vincent - The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment in its pledge to implement the National Bio-safety Framework is launching a bio-safety policy, along with the

St Vincent reaches MDG’s milestone on hunger

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is among six Caribbean countries to have attained the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on hunger and feature promising indicators with regards to food

17 million Caribbean people to benefit from CARPHA and Mexico MOU

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the ministry of health of the United Mexican States, through the Federal Commission

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