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The last major regional outbreak of Dengue occurred in 2009. Since then, the Region has experienced two large outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases, Chikungunya in 2014 and Zika in 2016, which are unlikely to reoccur soon. Disease modelling, however, predicts that another regional outbreak of Dengue ...
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Basseterre, St, Kitts and Nevis, 12 June 2018. Caribbean governments have identified the strengthening of health care systems and public health infrastructure a regional priority. Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr C. James Hospedales explained that these sy...
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The Caribbean region joins the global effort to ensure that no child is born with HIV or congenital syphilis. To date, six CARPHA member states have succeeded in being certified for eliminating the Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and syphilis. CARPHA Executive Director...
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Friday, November 23, 2018 — Under the World Diabetes Foundation funded project ‘OECS Diabetes Prevention and Care’, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Health Unit is partnering with the Windward Islands Research Foundation (WINDREF), the Caribbean Public Healt...
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