Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
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More CARICOM Health Personnel for Haiti
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 11, 2010 (CDEMA) – CARICOM sends a regional eight member team of health personnel to Haiti. The team of specialists from Barbados and Saint Lucia left for Haiti today to begin two weeks of voluntary service. These individuals will provide emergency and specialized health care to earthquake victims and compliment the work of teams from the Sub Regional Focal Point Jamaica.…
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CARICOM IN COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER RESPONSE TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 300 persons from eleven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members have so far been involved in the response to the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January. The Region’s initial response was spearheaded by Jamaica, the sub-regional focal point with responsibility for the northern geographic zone of the Caribbean…
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CDERA AND WMO JOINTLY STUDY IMPACT OF EL NINO
The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), are jointly developing a study on the impact of El Nino, a global weather phenomenon, on the Region, according to Barbados’ Minister for Agriculture and Urban Development, the Hon. Anthony Wood. Addressing the 40th Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council at the Sherbourne Centre in Barbados…
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