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Climate and Health – Caribbean Perspectives – Caribbean …

WebAs the world monitors the global thermometer, 1.5 to stay alive is more crucial than ever. There is a direct correlation between climate and health which is escalating. Extreme …

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Pandemic-era Dip in Childhood Vax Rates Sparks Concern

WebEven before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Caribbean had a vaccination problem. About 10 years ago, childhood immunisation rates began to slip below the …

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Rastafarian Community & Vaccination Archives

WebThe World Health Organization tracks vaccine distribution on the island. WHO Dashboard for Jamaica. But while Jamaica’s vaccine blitz exceeded the government’s targets with …

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The Impact Of Climate Change On The Disabled Communities' …

WebGlobally, about 1.3 billion people are living with disabilities. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), this represents 16% of the world’s population, or 1 in …

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Striking A Balance: The Issue of Mandatory Vaccination

WebShoppers line up at a supermarket ahead of a 24-hour curfew beginning at 8 pm in St Michael, Barbados. Photojournalist: Nigel R Browne. The second strategy is …

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HPV Vaccine: A Positive Hope for the Future in the Battle Against

WebHealth officials, in collaboration with other ministerial departments such as the Ministries of Education and Social Development, embarked on education outreach …

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The Food and Water Challenges of Guyana’s Indigenous …

WebHovering over the postcard-worthy facade of indigenous communities across Guyana, looms a growing crisis triggered by changing climate conditions which threaten …

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Series: Climate and Health Archives

WebThere is a direct correlation between climate and health which is escalating. Extreme weather events, vector-borne diseases, respiratory illnesses and concerns around food …

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The Private Sector’s Response to COVID-19 in the Caribbean

WebAs outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009, drawing on lessons learned from the previous SARS and MERs outbreaks, a pandemic can be …

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The Impact of Climate Change on Health, Lives, and Livelihood

WebClimate disasters are taking a heavy toll across St Vincent and the Grenadines. But Indigenous communities in St. Vincent’s northeast have suffered some …

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Pandemic Impacts on Food and Agriculture within CARICOM

WebGlobally, COVID-19 has rapidly led to close to a quarter of a billion cases and over five million deaths. It was declared a pandemic by the World Health …

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COVID-19’s Deadly NCD Connection

WebHowever, Senior Health Officer (NCD), Dr Phillips, outlines some potential direct expenses such as the length of stay for a person with severe COVID which runs …

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How COVID-19 has Reshaped Education in Guyana’s Hinterland

WebHe writes for the daily newspaper and also produces a daily newscast for the Chronicle. Alva is the recipient of several awards including from the Pan American …

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In Guyana’s Indigenous Villages, Coronavirus Has Become The …

WebHealth authorities transferred him to the nearest regional hospital in Port Kaituma, where he died two weeks later. Ferreira left behind a wife and several school …

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How The Family of Guyana’s Patient Zero Was Ravaged By COVID …

WebThe Ministry of Public Health at the time was only monitoring travellers who entered Guyana from January 18, 2020 from China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and …

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The Poverty Mega Shock

WebThe CDB sponsored a compilation of poverty studies in the Caribbean in 2016. The data reflect changes in indigence, poverty, vulnerability, and inequality over a …

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Jamaica’s COVID-19 Strategy Raises Mistrust Among Rastafarians

WebThe World Health Organization tracks vaccine distribution on the island. WHO Dashboard for Jamaica. But while Jamaica’s vaccine blitz exceeded the …

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COVID-19 Batters Jamaica’s Tourism Sector

WebThe coronavirus pandemic confronted the managers of Jamaica’s open and narrow economy with decisions similar to those faced by other governments – how to …

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Misinfo ‘Epidemic’ Blamed for Vax Hesitancy in Dominica

WebHealth officials said the great majority of the 74 people who died with the disease were unvaccinated, though the government hasn’t provided a precise …

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