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January 24, 2023

Caribbean countries to benefit from new PAHO initiative piloted in Trinidad and Tobago

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...]

Filed Under: NCDs, PAHO, Telemedicine, Trinidad & Tobago

August 11, 2022

Caribbean travel: Covid entry rules, island by island

Caribbean islands have reopened to international tourism. Most islands have dropped pre-arrival Covid testing for vaccinated travelers, but regulations are still particularly varied when it comes to entry protocols for unvaccinated travelers. Here are the latest developments for travel from the U.S. to each Caribbean country. To make this information easier to understand, we are segmenting each … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Caribbean vaccinations, Cayman Islands, Covid-19 Vaccinations, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadelope, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, US Virgin Islands

October 19, 2021

Robotic-assisted surgery may cut waiting times in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago may soon see the wait-time for surgical procedures lessened, thanks to the introduction of robotics. It was announced on Friday that four robotic-assisted surgeries had been done at the Port of Spain General Hospital in September using the Freehand Panorama CoBot (a robotic surgical assistant). It was also announced a group of surgeons dubbed the "Trinidad six" had done a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medical Tourism, Robotic Surgery, Trinidad & Tobago, UWI

May 24, 2021

Jamaica no longer considered a COVID-19 risk area by Germany

Jamaica has been removed from a list of countries that have been classified as COVID-19 risk areas by Germany. In a release on Friday, Germany said as of Sunday, May 23, Jamaica is "no longer considered as a risk area" for COVID-19 infection. In responding to the positive development, Senior Communications Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright, has welcomed Jamaica's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coronavirus in Caribbean, COVID-19, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago

May 17, 2021

State of emergency declared in Trinidad and Tobago as COVID cases, deaths rise

The Trinidad and Tobago government on Saturday declared a State of Emergency (SOE) and an eight-hour curfew as a “scared population” looked to the authorities to implement new measures to deal with a rising number of deaths and infections from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, speaking at the weekly news conference of the Ministry of Health, said that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coronavirus in Caribbean, State of Emergency, Trinidad & Tobago

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