UN News - Millions more of COVID vaccines need to be donated now to save lives and help the UN health agency reach the key global target of having 70 per cent of all national populations vaccinated, by the middle of 2022. That was one of
As a trusted source of public health and COVID-19 information, CARPHA is responding to the needs of some of the most vulnerable in society, the deaf community. This, through the launch of a COVID-19 video series in American Sign Language. Executive Director, CARPHA, Dr Joy St.
President Irfaan Ali proclaimed that the floods across Guyana have reached the stage of a national disaster and crisis. In a gazetted proclamation of the floods as a national disaster, it was noted that 28,228 households have been affected by flooding in all ten administrative regions. Some
Dominica’s housing revolution programme has touched another ten families from the village of Cochrane. The new homeowners received keys to their new homes at a handing over ceremony. The project is the result of the partnership between the Government of Dominica and Sustainable Housing Solutions. The single
UN News - Lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines should be considered “global public goods”, the UN chief told journalists on Friday, covering the G7 Summit of leading industrialized nations taking place in the United Kingdom. Speaking via videolink in London, Secretary-General António Guterres said there was no other way of
Due to COVID-19, the Queen's official birthday has been marked by a "mini" Trooping the Colour for the second year. This year's Trooping the Colour saw a reduced parade in the grounds of Windsor Castle, rather than in central London, led by the 2nd Battalion Scots
Due to the continuous growth of new COVID-19 cases on the island, the government of St Kitts and Nevis has decided to place the country into a 14-day lockdown. Prime Minister Timothy Harris made the announcement in an address to the nation earlier. "After a thorough evaluation
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is currently mobilizing and ramping up the efforts of hundreds of Red Cross teams across the Americas to prepare for another hurricane season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts predict 13 to 20 named storms forming
UN News - From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, Ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other agencies, have signed an open letter to the upcoming G7 Summit of world leaders, underscoring the urgency of supplying COVID vaccine donations now. “We’re asking you to
OECS - The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) project hit a milestone with the first-time export of vetiver grass from Dominica to Antigua and Barbuda. The project, “Strengthening Coastal and Marine Climate Resilience through Upland and
