Caribbean Health Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/caribbean-health/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:55:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png Caribbean Health Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/caribbean-health/ 32 32 Companies Announce Partnership to Release Dengue-Fighting Mosquitoes in the Caribbean https://ecsii.com/companies-announce-partnership-to-release-dengue-fighting-mosquitoes-in-the-caribbean/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:54:51 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4880 Reprinted: US News, 12-15-2023 Two private companies announced Friday a partnership to release mosquitoes across the Caribbean bred with a bacterium that blocks the dengue virus as the region fights a record number of cases. Orbit Services Partners Inc., a company registered in Barbados, is partnering with Verily, a San Francisco-based health technology company, for the project. Read More

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]]> Caribbean health ministers support new resolution to improve health of indigenous people https://ecsii.com/caribbean-health-ministers-support-new-resolution-to-improve-health-of-indigenous-people/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:58:17 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4778 Reprinted: The Star, 5-30-2023 Health ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have joined their counterparts in the Americas in approving a new resolution to accelerate efforts towards ensuring the health of Indigenous populations. The approval came during the 76th  World Health Assembly (WHA), which ends here later on Tuesday and delegates say the commitment is Read More

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]]> PAHO strengthens genomic surveillance in the Caribbean https://ecsii.com/paho-strengthens-genomic-surveillance-in-the-caribbean/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:09:18 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4590 The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is strengthening genomic surveillance in the Americas, including the Caribbean, as representatives from 17 public health laboratories in the region came together this week for the 26th edition of the Viral Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME) course in Panama. On Friday, the health organization said the training Read More

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]]> Raging Non-Communicable Diseases In The Caribbean Have Sparked A War Between The Food Industry And Public Health https://ecsii.com/raging-non-communicable-diseases-in-the-caribbean-have-sparked-a-war-between-the-food-industry-and-public-health/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:25:08 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4409 In the English-speaking Caribbean, one of the sub-regions of the world with the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), public health organizations are locked in a tug-of-war with the food industry over proposed food-related legislation targeted at addressing the over-consumption of NCD-causing foods. In summary: Diet-driven NCDs cause up to 83% of all deaths in Read More

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]]> Women in charge: Caribbean leaders in the department of Health https://ecsii.com/women-in-charge-caribbean-leaders-in-the-department-of-health/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:45:17 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3706 The importance of health care workers across the Caribbean region has become even more evident in the wake of COVID-19. From those working on the frontlines of the pandemic to those in the ministry strategizing solutions, their immense impact on the region is clear and well noted.   While the health sector in most Caribbean islands Read More

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]]> Garlic – A Healing Spice https://ecsii.com/garlic-a-healing-spice/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:28:34 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3097 [Reprinted: CNW, 8-8-2020] As COVID-19 continue to rage globally, increasingly one of the home remedies being recommended to help prevent people from contracting the virus id garlic, long regarded as a natural healing spice. Sure, garlic has a propensity to leave a foul order in the mouth when consumed raw, but that stench may be Read More

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]]> PAHO director calls for protection of health workers in the Caribbean https://ecsii.com/paho-director-calls-for-protection-of-health-workers-in-the-caribbean/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:57:26 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2715 Dr. Carissa F. Eitienne, PAHO Director The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has urged countries in the region to protect health care workers by ensuring that they have access to personal protective equipment and supplies needed to care for patients affected by COVID-19.  The plea was made by PAHO’s Dominican born Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne who Read More

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]]> Coronavirus spreads to the Caribbean https://ecsii.com/coronavirus-spreads-to-the-caribbean/ Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:30:32 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2664 (Reprinted Miami Herald, 3-2-2020) The first confirmed cases of coronavirus are being reported in the Caribbean, after authorities in the Dominican Republic on Sunday confirmed that an Italian national was checked into a Santo Domingo hospital over the weekend. In addition, the Regional Health Agency of Guadeloupe confirmed three cases after a resident of the Read More

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]]> Cervical Cancer is Second most lethal Cancer among Caribbean Women https://ecsii.com/cervical-cancer-is-second-most-lethal-cancer-among-caribbean-women/ https://ecsii.com/cervical-cancer-is-second-most-lethal-cancer-among-caribbean-women/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:50:26 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1952 Among Caribbean women of all ages, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in terms of incidence and mortality and accounts for 13% of all cancer cases and 10.4% of all cancer deaths in the region.  Cervical cancer, is caused by persistent infection of the human papillomavirus (HPV), and is a highly preventable disease Read More

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]]> https://ecsii.com/cervical-cancer-is-second-most-lethal-cancer-among-caribbean-women/feed/ 0 China builds state-of-the-art hospital in Dominica https://ecsii.com/china-builds-state-of-the-art-hospital-in-dominica/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:39:57 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2306   China and Dominica re-established diplomatic ties in 2004 and negotiations for the hospital started in 2010 and is part of a four-part projects agreement in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two governments.  The new hospital was built by a Chinese construction firm on the same site at the present Princess Margaret Hospital Read More

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