BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Arthur Phillips has reported a decline in the sale of carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) due to a tax on sugary drinks.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a Creative Play initiative in schools here to help address obesity in children. 

HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre (BCHC) has welcomed the publication of the island’s first national plan to combat cancer through prevention, early detection and treatment, describing it as a “as “significant advancement in Bermuda’s healthcare landscape”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The country’s healthcare system has been boosted to meet international standards and now the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is a certified kidney transplant center.

KINGSTON,  Jamaica - New research has yielded promising results for more effective treatment and management options for patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew has called on parents in the twin island Federation to understand the procedure to secure financial assistance from the Children’s Medical Fund.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has called for greater support to women’s leadership while strengthening the health workforce in the Americas, including the Caribbean, especially in the wake of negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Glaucoma poses a significant threat to eyesight if left undetected and untreated. According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, approximately 10% of the general U.S. population is affected by this genetically influenced condition, with a higher prevalence among African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians.

WASHINGTON, DC – In a new epidemiological alert, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reiterated its call to countries in the region to intensify efforts and actions to control the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the main vector that transmits dengue fever. 

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuba and Central African nation of Rwanda have ratified their will to strengthen ties in the field of health care with the signing of a memorandum of understanding this week, by the Ministers of both countries, namely José Ángel Portal and Sabin Nsanzimana, respectively.

WASHINGTON, DC – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, on Friday said strategies to expand Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, combined with innovative screening and early treatment have made cervical cancer the first cancer in the world that can realistically be eliminated.

 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is making available a loan totaling US$9.97 million to Grenada to improve the island’s overall health infrastructure.