Jamaica to start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in February

Jamaica will begin receiving shipments of the coronavirus vaccine this month, says Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton. Tufton m...

PAHO calls for protection of health professional during COVID-19 crisis

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa F Etienne has called on all countries in the Americas to ta...

Get ready for coronavirus! PAHO urges Caribbean countries to be prepared

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has made a fervent appeal to the Americas, including the Caribbean, to prepare to resp...

PAHO concerned about Caribbean’s ability to deal with coronavirus outbreak

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is expressing some level of concern at the region’s ability to deal with an outbreak...

Caribbean countries encouraged to intensify plans to prepare for coronavirus

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F. Etienne, on Wednesday urged the Caribbean and other cou...

Jamaicans to be trained by PAHO to test for coronavirus

A team from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will arrive in the island on Wednesday (February 12), to train local staff...

On Alert: Jamaica says robust system in place to detect deadly coronavirus

Jamaica says it has a robust surveillance system already in place to detect emerging diseases and has no case of the new virus tha...

Cholera, gone, but not forgotten — WHO

Two United Nations health agencies Monday said death from cholera in Haiti is preventable and urged the authorities “to accelera...