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.

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its 2026 global appeal for nearly one billion US dollars to ensure that millions of people living in humanitarian crises and conflicts can access healthcare.

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”.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minster Phillip J Pierre has confirmed that the United States has called on St. Lucia to stop sending its nationals to study medicine in Cuba.

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.

PARAMARIBO,  Suriname – Health Minister André Misiekaba is urging the population to take precaution after the country recorded one death and 134 cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus outbreak.

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.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister, Dr. Andrew Holness,  officially opened the new Parent Overnight Suite at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, enabling parents to remain close and to assist in their recovery.