The Region's health care systems and the public health infrastructure are in urgent need of attention and should be better financed and more cost effective. Strengthening health systems has been identified as a priority health area for the Caribbean from as early as 1984 and has remained so du...
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Minimising risk and the potential for unintentional exposure was the aim of a workshop for healthcare workers in Bermuda. Using the International Air Transport Association Infectious Substances Shipping Guidelines, participants leant the correct procedures for shipping clinical, animal or environmen...
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The Zika virus in the Caribbean presented a difficult challenge, in terms of its rapid spread, its relationship to neurological anomalies and other complications among newborns and adults, and the potential for sexual transmission of the virus. Unlike many viruses, Zika requires multiple tests perfo...
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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging persons to practice good personal hygiene in order to reduce the risk of transmission of influenza and other respiratory viruses. Influenza (flu), a contagious respiratory illness which affects thousands of people in the Caribbean each yea...
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