KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of dengue fever in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, three years after the last outbreak claimed at least seven lives, most of them children.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued an epidemiological alert regarding possible cases of expectant mother-to-child transmission of the Oropouche virus (OROV) that was first detected in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health says institutions across the island are resuming normal operations, following the passage of Hurricane Beryl.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The legendary former West Indies cricket captain, Sir Clive Lloyd, Sunday appealed to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to focus on combatting prostate cancer as they had done to non-communicable diseases in the past.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The Ministry of Health has launched a sexual health campaign dubbed ‘Wrap it Up’ to help reduce high-risk sexual behaviors locally.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says its Pan-American Health Organization’s (PAHO) representative in Haiti, Dr. Oscar Barreneche, has warned that the health system in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is “on the brink” and “crippled by escalating violence”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – UNAIDS says that the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether world leaders meet their commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago health authorities Friday said the country has recorded more than 200 cases of dengue since the start of the year, but downplayed suggestions of an outbreak of the virus here.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Latin America and the Caribbean (LC) has reported 9.3 million cases of dengue so far this year, twice the number of cases reported in all of 2023.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The United States,  through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Guyana has donated 20,000 malaria rapid diagnostic tests to the Guyana National Malaria Programme. The donation is in response to a malaria test kit shortage in the country and will greatly strengthen the country’s malaria response.

Washington, D.C. - Residents in six Jamaican parishes are to get free screenings for heart disease, cancer, prostate disease, mental health issues, diabetes and sexually-transmitted disease, thanks to a volunteer corps of doctors and nurses from Help Jamaica Medical Mission.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has reached a deal with United States-based company for the sale of the Cancer Center Eastern Caribbean (CCEC).