OAS, IDB, PAHO discuss coordinated way of facing health emergencies
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met with the Director…
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IICA launches flagship ‘resilient agriculture’ project
THE Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) last Tuesday launched a three-year project which…
Time for a stronger line on climate change
In a few weeks’ time in Lima, Peru, the twentieth session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
A fair climate treaty or none at all, Jamaica warns
As the clock counts down to the last major climate change meeting of the year, before countries must agree on a…
U.N. Chief eyes upcoming summits to resolve development crisis
The continued widespread economic recession – aggravated by the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa – is…
Avoiding local transmission of Ebola is ‘the goal’ in Caribbean, says…
Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis of the Pan American Health Organization…
‘Caribbean can become smoke free zone’ – Dr. James Hospedales
The Caribbean could become one of the world’s largest tobacco-restricted zones in the next decade.
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New strain of Chikungunya in Brazil could spur North American outbreak
The Chikungunya outbreak which continues to affect thousands of Caribbean residents since it first appeared in St.…
US wants IMF to cancel debt of Ebola-stricken countries
The United States on Tuesday proposed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) write off some US$100 million in…