GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), which recommends against the use of NSS to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -Trinidad and Tobago is to host next week the Caribbean Workshop on National Action Plans for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) that health officials have described as a major global public health and economic issue that requires a coordinated, multisectoral response.

Nassau, Bahamas – Ministers of Health of the Caribbean met in Nassau, Bahamas, yesterday and agreed to the Declaration of Nassau, which commits governments to take evidence-informed measures to strengthen national immunization programs in the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says that reducing the shortage of nurses in the Americas, including the Caribbean, is key to better respond to next pandemic.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is collaborating with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to eliminate HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), viral hepatitis, mpox and other sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew says while regional healthcare providers tend to be more oriented toward modern medicine they should also be sensitized to the role of traditional medicine.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia will host a five-day regional workshop as part of the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO) flagship initiative for improving cardiovascular health.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Health Minister Sir Molwyn Joseph says that in an effort to boost the numbers at the Sir Lester Bird Medical center, close to a dozen medical professionals will be sourced from Cuba.

WASHINGTON, DC – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Tuesday called on countries including those in the Caribbean to intensify malaria elimination efforts among indigenous, mobile and remote communities, the populations disproportionately affected by the disease.

The Caribbean region was blessed with countless lives saved during the deadly COVID pandemic by the dedicated action of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and numerous public and private sector and inter-governmental partners.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti's Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP) has launched a campaign in the city of Le Cayes, a town in the southwest of the country, aiming to improve immunization coverage, with a particular focus on under-immunized children and zero-dose children.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)  says that it is collaborating with the Government of Canada to strengthen manufacturing capacities to increase the “safe and timely access” to vaccines in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.