Coronavirus: WHO moves fast to tackle ‘infodemic’; Guterres warns against… Michelle Nurse Feb 5, 2020 0 (United Nations News)The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken steps to ensure that the coronavirus epidemic…
Region developing Communications Strategy to Combat Misinformation about… Jascene Dunkley-Malcolm Feb 3, 2020 0 Health Ministers and Officials of the Region have agreed to draft an aggressive communications strategy to combat…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: A technopole for plant based research in 21st… Michelle Nurse Jan 31, 2020 0 (News784) St. Vincent and the Grenadines has positioned itself on the world stage in the 21st Century in the areas…
WHO declares international emergency over coronavirus Michelle Nurse Jan 30, 2020 0 The WHO declares a Public Health Emergency of International Concern when there is "an extraordinary event which is…
New Chair, Vice Chair for PANCAP-CVC-COIN Technical Advisory Group Michelle Nurse Jan 30, 2020 0 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit Press Release): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) has extended…
The UWI Activates Coronavirus Response Plan Michelle Nurse Jan 30, 2020 0 Today, The UWI will host a Vice-Chancellor’s Forum which will offer informed analysis and perspectives. The …
UPDATE: CARICOM taking preventive measures against Coronavirus Michelle Nurse Jan 28, 2020 0 As more countries around the world begin to report cases of the 2019-Novel Coronavirus Outbreak, Caribbean…
Haiti cholera outbreak ‘stopped in its tracks’ Michelle Nurse Jan 27, 2020 0 (UN News) After a nine-year long cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed close to 10,000 people, this week the…
CARPHA: Coronovirus risk ‘low’ here but ‘be prepared’ Michelle Nurse Jan 24, 2020 0 (Barbados Today) The risk of a new, mysterious strain of Coronavirus to the Caribbean is “low” but public health…