CASTRIES,  St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre says health care in St. Lucia “ is extremely expensive” as the island launched a new initiative aimed at building a modern, accessible and sustainable healthcare system for its citizens.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has announced plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art medical dome, which will accommodate up to 100 beds on the grounds of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, northwest of here.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United States on Friday told Caribbean countries that there are “alternative methods available”  to  recruit healthcare workers as it continued its criticism of the Cuban health brigade programme to the region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government is renegotiating its medical cooperation programme with Cuba even as the United States ramped up pressure on Caribbean countries to end their relationship with Havana.

NASSAU, Bahamas – China says the construction of a hospital in The Bahamas is a “livelihood project financed through a highly preferential loan” dismissing an earlier call  by the United States for Nassau to rethink its decision to go ahead with a multi-million dollar loan agreement for the construction of the new hospital in western New Providence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United States government Wednesday said it had not asked St. Lucia to stop sending its nationals to study medicine in Cuba even as it doubled down on its claim that the Cuban health programme is “illegitimate”.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Friday said it has signed an agreement with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) formalising their continued partnership.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The United States Ambassador to The Bahamas, Herschel Walker, is urging the government to rethink its decision to go ahead with a multi-million-dollar loan agreement for the construction of a new hospital in western New Providence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called on countries to accelerate efforts to achieve cervical cancer 2030 elimination targets in the Americas, including the Caribbean, warning that, with only five years remaining, the current pace puts reaching the goals at risk, despite progress in vaccination.

ST. GEORGE’S , Grenada – Health authorities in Grenada on Tuesday said they are investigating several suspected cases of tuberculosis (TB)

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a virtual reality (VR) platform designed to build capacity and strengthen preparedness across public health laboratories in the Americas, including the Caribbean, for the surveillance of influenza and other pathogens with epidemic potential. 

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says there is no “imminent withdrawal” of St. Lucia students studying medicine in Cuba, amid concerns that the United States has called on Castries to stop sending students to the Caribbean country.