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UN Secretary General to launch UNAIDS and Lancet Commission Report: defeating AIDS –Advancing Global Health
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM and UNAIDS are hosting the Launch of the Report of the UNAIDS and Lancet Commission: Defeating AIDS- Advancing global health at The 36th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on 3 July 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Barbados. The Commission, which was established in 2013, brought…
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What you need to know about the “new” STI in Jamaica
What is mycoplasma genitalium? Mycoplasma genitalium is a small pathogenic bacterium that lives in humans’ genital and urinary tracts. It may not have been identified in sufficient numbers in Jamaica before now, but the medical and research fields have know about its presence for more than thirty years. Four scientists first reported the existence of this “fastidious” bacteria in the…
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New task force to accelerate action to combat non-communicable diseases
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday June 18, 2015 –A group of agencies concerned about the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on human and economic development has launched a new task force to accelerate multisectoral action for prevention and control of NCDs in the region. “Cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases are the leading killers in the Americas and around…
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Caribbean makes progress but more to be done to end AIDS Epidemic
Significant progress has been made in the Caribbean towards achieving the goals of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, according to Mr. Shiraz Mohamed, First Secretary of the Guyana Permanent Mission and current Chair of the Caucus of Ambassadors to the United Nations (UN). Mr. Mohammed was speaking on behalf of the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to…
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Jamaica implements vector control programme as Zika virus gets closer
KINGSTON, Jamaica – With the mosquito-borne Zika Virus closer to home, Jamaica has now implemented a five-point integrated vector management control programme that includes prosecuting people who fail to comply with its provisions. Medical Entomologist in the Ministry of Health Sherine Huntley-Jones made the announcement yesterday, just a few days after a 12-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic was the first…
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Turks and Caicos takes strategic measures to reduce NCDs’ impact
The Hon. Dr. Rufus W. Ewing Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, has committed to championing the fight against NCDs in his homeland and Regionally at the level of Heads of Government in CARICOM. Dr Ewing, who is also his country’s Minister of Health, Agriculture and Human Services, made the commitment during a press conference held at the conclusion Tuesday of…
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Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and The Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS – Statement by Mr. Shiraz A. Mohamed
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the fourteen member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at this plenary meeting to review the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declarations on HIV/AIDS. I would like to use this opportunity to express appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report contained in document A/69/856.…
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NCDs under focus in Barbados
The Forum of ‘Key Stakeholders on NCDs: Advancing the NCD Agenda in the Caribbean’, now underway in Bridgetown, Barbados, is a high level meeting were health leaders from throughout the Caribbean are discussing actions to intensify efforts to tackle chronic diseases and their risk factors. According to the current trends, and despite the efforts implemented to reduce the impact of…
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Beyond Ebola, laying foundations for Caribbean Regional Health Security
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, June 4, 2015: Diseases do not recognise borders, and as such, communicable disease outbreaks and epidemics pose a major threat to health, tourism, social and economic development in every country in the Caribbean region. In light of this, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), this week, hosted the first Caribbean Regional Health Security (CRHS) Meeting in…
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Haiti gets US$50 million for cleaner water and sanitation in cholera hot spots
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday May 28, 2015 – About 300,000 people from Haiti’s cholera-affected rural areas and small towns will benefit from increased access to clean water and sanitation as a result of a US$50 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. The Sustainable Rural and Small Towns Water and Sanitation project aims to save lives…
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