Why do so few US health insurance companies offer international medical travel benefits? In the first of two articles, Irving Stackpole, President, Stackpole & Associates Inc, and Elizabeth Ziemba President of Medical Tourism Training Inc unpick the issues. … [Read more...]
OECS to Strengthen ties with French Territories
The health ministers of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in October in Grenada and advanced new health initiatives including strengthening their cooperation with their neighboring French territories to ensure that no citizen of OECS member states ‘are left behind' when it comes to accessing health services. … [Read more...]
PAHO: Caribbean to do more in fight against HIV
According to Wikipedia, the 'Caribbean is the second-most affected region in the world in terms of HIV prevalence rates' after sub-Saharan Africa. Several factors affects this epidemic, including poverty, gender, sex tourism, and stigma. Additionally, other key important issues for the region include: The percentage of people in the Caribbean with suppressed viral loads is well below the global … [Read more...]
Caribbean Leaders to Address Obesity
In a recent report, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stated that “obesity and overweight are on the rise throughout the Caribbean and Latin America and are particularly prevalent among women and children.” In an effort to address this rising public health epidemic, leaders from four Caribbean countries met for a high-level meeting in New … [Read more...]
Barbados Plugging the Nursing Brain Drain
Touched By An Angel Nursing Services - Barbados Barbados is suffering from the common dilemma throughout the region of nurses leaving the public health system for a variety of reasons, retirement, illness, frustration, career changes, and frequently for greener pastures and a host of other reasons. Unfortunately, those who are left behind are overworked due to manpower shortages resulting in “burn … [Read more...]
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