[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 10-21-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of October 21: Dominican Republic- 121,973 cases, 2204 deaths, 99,271 recovered Puerto Rico- 29,717 cases, 774 deaths French Guiana- 10,268 cases, 69 deaths, 9995 recovered Haiti- 8976 cases, 231 deaths, 7303 recovered Jamaica- 8374 cases, 174 deaths, 4002 recovered … [Read more...]
UHWI A Fire Hazard – Ageing Hospital Not Fit To Get Fire Certificate
[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 10-18-2020] For more than a decade, the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), the Caribbean region’s premier teaching medical institution, has been operating in breach of Jamaica’s fire safety standards. The revelation comes as the hospital faced an emergency scare last week in its Accident and Emergency Department and as policymakers come under criticisms … [Read more...]
Global health: time for radical change?
[Reprinted: The Lancet, 10-17-2020] What strategies should governments adopt to improve the health of their citizens? Amid the COVID-19 syndemic it would be easy to focus attention on global health security—at a minimum, strong public health and health-care systems. WHO has based its global health strategy on three pillars: universal health coverage, health emergencies, and better health and … [Read more...]
Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health opens in Kingston
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 10-18-2020] The Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health (C-TECH) has officially launched independent operations, in Kingston, expanding over 17 years of healthcare programming within Jamaica and the region. C-TECH holds strong expertise in implementing innovative HIV prevention, care and treatment programmes and has now broadened its scope to combat … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 219,966
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 10-15-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of October 15: Dominican Republic- 119,662 cases, 2186 deaths, 95,460 recovered Puerto Rico- 27,004 cases, 735 deaths French Guiana- 10,202 cases, 69 deaths, 9892 recovered Haiti- 8908 cases, 231 deaths, 7182 recovered Jamaica- 7989 cases, 151 deaths, 3431 recovered Guadeloupe- 6908 cases, 96 … [Read more...]
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