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January 31, 2022

Two years in: CARICOM & WFP study impact of COVID on Caribbean people

Since January 30, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a Public Health Emergency, the socio-economic welfare of Caribbean people has been impacted by multiple lockdowns, changes in travel protocols and drastic declines in tourism, resulting in an economic contraction of 9.9 per cent in the region in 2020 (IMF) with major repercussions for lives and livelihoods in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean, Coronavirus in Caribbean, Omicron Variant, WHO, World Food Programme (WFP)

January 18, 2022

New insights on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Caribbean

The typical profile of a Caribbean national refusing the vaccine to combat COVID-19 is a person out of formal work and educated to secondary level. This conclusion sums up the finding of a new study on vaccine hesitancy in six Caribbean Community countries. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) commissioned the study while the United States Agency for International … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean, Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES), Caribbean vaccinations, UNICEF, Vaccine Hesitancy

November 8, 2021

Experts say high prevalence of NCDs in the Caribbean exacerbating pandemic’s impact

Authorities and experts attending a virtual seminar on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on sustainable development in the Caribbean have warned that the high prevalence of the diseases – such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer – is exacerbating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and hindering the region's progress towards achieving sustainable development due to their multiple health, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean, COVID-19 Pandemic, ECLAC, Non-communicable diseases

November 5, 2021

With scant vaccine supplies, the W.H.O. presses Latin America and the Caribbean to hold off on boosters.

Officials from the World Health Organization on Wednesday urged countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to limit administering booster shots and to hold off on vaccinating children, allocating scant doses to the most vulnerable. “In some countries, we have seen vaccine doses reaching all levels of the population before a high percentage of vulnerable” residents has been fully immunized, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean, Caribbean vaccinations, COVAX, Covid-19 Vaccinations, WHO/PAHO

May 14, 2021

In race to recovery, the Caribbean wants less hesitancy, more vaccines

On May 5, the governor and premier of Montserrat — a British overseas territory with about 5,000 people — jointly delivered an “urgent appeal” on COVID-19 inoculation, saying 900 vaccine doses are set to expire by the end of the month. “It would be a travesty, it would be a stain on our island’s reputation, I think, for us to have to throw away these vaccines at a time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean, Caribbean vaccinations, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Covid-19 Variant, PAHO, Vaccine Hesitancy, WHO

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