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Epidemiology, not geopolitics, should guide COVID-19 vaccine donations

ed — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:11:58 +0000

With COVID-19 vaccine supplies shifting from scarcity to abundance in high-income settings, such as Canada, the EU, the USA, and the UK, the June 11–13, 2021, Group of Seven (G7) summit in Cornwall, UK, is the time when leaders from those countries should act on their promises to send surplus COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the many other Read More

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Shetty aiming to build Cayman medical school

ed — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:45:21 +0000

[Reprinted: Cayman Compass, 12-14-2020] Producing homegrown doctors and health workers has become a national security issue in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Dr. Devi Shetty, the celebrated surgeon behind Health City Cayman Islands. Shetty said his group still aims to build a medical school in Grand Cayman that he believes could help Read More

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Jamaican doctors sitting in limbo

ed — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:40:40 +0000

[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-7-2020] Approximately 50 doctors who studied overseas and have returned to the island to practise have been left in limbo, after learning that the mandatory orientation process set aside for them has been delayed “until further notice”. The medical practitioners, several of whom studied in Russia and China, have been left in Read More

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Trinidad Warned to Brace for Upsurge in COVID Cases

ed — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 18:27:49 +0000

[Reprinted: CNW, 8-12-2020] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The technical director of the Epidemiology Division at the Ministry of Health, Dr Avery Hinds, has warned that Trinidad and Tobago should brace itself for an upsurge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases given the increased movement of people over the past few days. “As you have seen there Read More

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COVID-19 in Caribbean small island states: lessons learnt from extreme weather events

ed — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 15:55:31 +0000

[Reprinted: The Lancet Global Health, 7/2/2020] The UN recognises 58 small island developing states, with 29 in the Caribbean. The World Bank classifies most of the Caribbean islands as middle-income or high-income countries, and the UN Human Development Index is generally categorised as high across the region (2018 values range between 0·7 and 0·8). Despite these Read More

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Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 25,420

ed — Fri, 29 May 2020 17:15:54 +0000

[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 5-29-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of May 28: Dominican Republic-16,068 cases, 485 deaths, 8952 recovered Puerto Rico- 3486 cases (unique positive patients), 131 deaths Cuba- 1983 cases, 82 deaths, 1734 recovered Haiti- 1320 cases, 34 deaths, 22 recovered Jamaica- 569 cases, 9 deaths, 279 recovered French Guiana- 406 cases, 1 death, 150 recovered Martinique-197 cases, 14 deaths, 91 recovered Guadeloupe-161 cases, 14 deaths, 115 recovered Cayman Islands-140 cases, 1 death, 67 recovered Guyana- 139 cases, 11 deaths, 67 recovered Bermuda- 139 cases, 9 deaths, 91 recovered Trinidad and Tobago- 116 cases, 8 deaths, 108 recovered Aruba- 101 cases, 3 deaths, 97 recovered Bahamas- 100 cases, 11 deaths, 46 recovered Read More

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Jamaican Dental Act is Outdated and Need New Teeth

ed — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 18:54:17 +0000

The dental profession in Jamaica is still governed by the Dental Act of 1972 – a 43-year-old legislation that has undergone only one revision early in the new millennium. That was an update to introduce the practicing certificate for the registration process for dentists and auxiliaries. Because the profession is constantly evolving with new ideas, Read More

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Why healthcare providers are losing the cybersecurity battle

ed — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 19:27:44 +0000

[Reprinted from MedCity News] It is time for medical organizations to re-assess the potential consequences of complacency, and equip their security teams with the resources they need to keep their staff, and ultimately their patients safe. In 2019 experts red-flagged previously unforeseen levels of attacks on healthcare providers, with the US Department of Health and Read More

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Cayman addressing long term mental health resources

ed — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 17:11:57 +0000

With a population of 65,000 the Cayman Islands has an estimated 4,000 people afflicted with mental health issues, to one degree or another. A report in 2017, said the incidence of mental disorders in the islands grew by 67 percent between 2006 and 2016. Mental health providers are also seeing a need for more long term Read More

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China builds state-of-the-art hospital in Dominica

ed — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:39:57 +0000

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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