Cancer care delivery in the public health system has been further boosted with the opening of Jamaica’s second National Cancer Treatment Centre located at the St Joseph's Hospital compound in Kingston. The Kingston centre’s opening comes at a cost of US$15-million and just over a year after a similar facility, commenced operations at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay. The centre, … [Read more...]
Severe Food Insecurity Plagues Latin America and the Caribbean
It is almost inconceivable to think that at this point in the 21st century that there are countries around the world that are still coping with issues of hunger and starvation and food insecurity whilst on the other hand quite the opposite happening in many developing countries coping with the growing epidemic of overweight and obesity in the Caribbean. … [Read more...]
Why US Health Insurance Plans Don’t Include Medical Travel?
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...]
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