GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)  Wednesday launched its five-year strategic plan that the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says complements and supports its CARICOM Secretariat Strategic Plan 2022–2030.

NASSAU, Bahamas – China doubled down on its dismissal of the United States criticism of a multi-million-dollar loan to The Bahamas, describing as “baseless and absurd” accusations that it was using the funding for the construction of a hospital here to further entrench itself in the Caribbean region.

WASHINGTON, DC - Caribbean countries are to benefit from the renewed agreement between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Bloomberg Philanthropies to enhance civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in the Americas.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belizean health authorities have introduced the Rotavirus vaccine to into the country’s national vaccination schedule, describing it as a vital step in reducing preventable diarrheal illnesses in children.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Chief medical office (CMO), Dr Shawn Charles, Monday said Grenada will be integrating HIV care into the routine primary health care for the people who need to get tested as well as receive treatment and counselling if they are tested positive for the virus.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – In a landmark development for the Cayman Islands’ medical community, the Cayman Islands Society of Anaesthesiologists (CISA) was officially launched during the first-ever Cayman Islands Society of Anaesthesiologists Annual Conference (CISAAC 2025). This milestone marks the formal establishment of the Cayman Islands’ first registered specialist medical association, underscoring a major leap forward in anesthesia practice in the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, is ending a three-day visit to Guyana on Wednesday that was highlighted by the signing of an agreement designed to provide a coordinated framework for technical cooperation to address common public health challenges in the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, DC – The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that while childhood immunization in the Americas, including the Caribbean, has shown encouraging signs of recovery last year, significant gaps remain.

DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA – Broward Health celebrated a significant update to its simulation and learning center at Broward Health North that was made possible by a $500,000 gift from the Broward Health Foundation.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Ministry of Health says an estimated 367,812 pounds of fully cooked turkey bacon are being recalled due to the possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).

NASSAU, Bahamas - The Bahamas government Friday said its relationship with China is “rooted in cooperation, development and shared values” as the two countries signed a framework agreement for the construction of a new specialty hospital in western New Providence.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Expectant mothers are being urged to take greater responsibility for their well-being in the wake of concern about a rise in neonatal deaths at the island’s largest maternity hospital.