BRASILA, Brazil – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Monday said an estimated 900 million people, or 96 percent of the population of the 35 countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, are currently protected by at least one of the six tobacco control measures recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

KINGSTON, Jamaica– Jamaica on Friday confirmed its first locally transmitted Monkeypox virus case, bringing to three, the overall number of cases of the virus on the island.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has established a special unit to accommodate anyone who might be subdued to the global Monkeypox virus locally.

WASHINGTON, DC -The World Bank is providing US$51 million credit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines to help the island modernize its hospital services and build a more resilient and sustainable health infrastructure and system.

WASHINGTON, DC -The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has published updated recommendations on the treatment of leishmaniasis, a neglected infectious disease that, in its most serious form, and if left untreated, is fatal in 90 percent of cases.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, has expressed concern about the island’s declining birth rate stating that it could have an adverse impact on the development of various sectors of the country, including its labor force and overall competitiveness.

As monkeypox infection rates increase, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is announcing that the County will begin offering the monkeypox vaccine to eligible, high-risk residents, in partnership with Nomi Health. A limited number of vaccine appointments will be available to book at miamidade.gov/monkeypox starting Wednesday, August 10 at 8 am, or by calling 1-833-875-0900. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Although Trinidad and Tobago has so far not recorded any cases of monkeypox, the twin-island nation has ordered 2,000 doses of vaccine to fight the virus from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh disclosed on Wednesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is warning that the COVID-19 BA.5 variant will cause a massive increase in COVID-19 cases across the region.

NEW YORK, New York – One of the largest primary and specialty care practices in New York City – AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY),  says two of its ophthalmology specialists recently traveled Haiti.

DAKAR, Senegal – The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday urged countries, including those in the Caribbean, to work more together to stop the rapidly spreading outbreak of Monkeypox, “no matter the nationality, skin color or religion of the affected population”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –A new report on the global HIV response released on Wednesday shows that during the last two years of the coronavirus pandemic and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic has faltered, resources have shrunk, and millions of lives are at risk.