The Valley, Anguilla -  Dr. Lowell Hughes, an Anguillan plastic surgeon has co-invented a method for unassisted robotic surgery at the quantum scale. Far from being a play on words, the invention aims to eliminate human error from one of medicine’s most ambitious and intricate skills - surgery. The surgical innovation represents the second patent for Hughes in the month of May, a noteworthy achievement, considering that only 13% of issued patents are awarded to doctoral scientists and engineers, and multiple patent grants are even rarer.

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).

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has released a new report that seeks to help countries in the Americas strengthen emergency trauma services to prevent road traffic injuries from unnecessarily killing or permanently disabling people.

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.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government has successfully tabled legislation in Parliament for acquiring the Cancer Centre Eastern Caribbean (CCEC).

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.

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.