The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has developed a digital platform to bring telehealth services to remote populations in Latin American and Caribbean countries, making telemedicine the “new normal” for healthcare workers and patients managing chronic diseases. It said based on open-source technology, PAHO’s All-in-ONE Telehealth platform was developed in 2022 thanks to the … [Read more...]
Public Health Crisis in Grenada
Grenadians are failing to get adequate health services, and the west is responsible for it Grenada’s minister of health, Senator Jonathan LaCrette, called on doctors and nurses in Grenada to not take up employment abroad, emphasising that Grenada’s healthcare system will crumble if they leave. According to the Caribbean National Weekly, Grenada’s minister of health, Senator of Grenada … [Read more...]
Guyana to invest billions in developing health sector
The Guyana government says it intends to spend an estimated GUY$125 billion (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in improving the health care services for residents in the hinterland supporting critical upgrades to hospitals over the next three years. President Dr Irfaan Ali, speaking at the commissioning of the new SMART hospital at Mabaruma in Region One, said that health facilities in other … [Read more...]
Addressing inequalities key to ending AIDS in the Caribbean: PAHO
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday, Dec. 1 with a call for regional countries to address the inequalities that prevent progress towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.This year, the theme of the day is “Equality.” PAHO said around 2.5 million people live with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean.In 2021, it said about 120,000 … [Read more...]
Caribbean urged to fight discrimination to eradicate gender-based violence against women
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday urged countries to take practical, effective, and comprehensive action to change the discriminatory sociocultural patterns that underlie gender-based violence against women and to step up its efforts to fight the impunity that is rife in these cases. In a message marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against … [Read more...]
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