WASHINGTON, DC – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, presented his annual report to the 63rd Directing Council highlighting important health gains across Latin America and the Caribbean despite a complex public health environment and increasing financial constraints.

NEW YORK, New York – Guyana and Burundi have joined the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to advance country-led cooperation and financing for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's government is to launch a national online counselling platform, as part of an expanded, long-term psychosocial support effort for families affected by the sinking of the MV Barima last month resulting in the deaths of 73 people with more than 30 others missing and presumed dead.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) said that the 20th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)  which got underway here on Monday, is not only a milestone, but is a call for the region to move faster together from commitment to implementation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has received 110 recommendations to strengthen its capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats, following an International Health Regulations (IHR) Voluntary External Evaluation (VEE).

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Environmental Health and Energy (MOHWEE) says it has begun contact tracing and placed restrictions on elective surgeries after a drug-resistant bacterium was found at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jamaica is undertaking a major expansion and rehabilitation of its health infrastructure, with new hospitals, upgraded facilities and 10 new health centres at various stages of development, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health and Wellness has awarded nearly J$48 million to five researchers for projects aimed at improving health outcomes and strengthening evidence-based decision-making in Jamaica.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has established a new regional reference referral laboratory here, boosting the region’s capacity to track, test and respond to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican men are being urged to begin prostate cancer screening from age 40 as health officials raise concern about the number of deaths linked to the disease.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Acute malnutrition among children in Haiti has increased since 2023, according to preliminary findings of the 2026 SMART National Nutrition Survey released on Friday. 

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Friday welcomed The Bahamas as the latest member to join the Alliance for Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Americas.