Guyana celebrated "World Health Day 2023" with the theme "Health For All," and President Mohamed Irfaan Ali stressed the significance of healthcare access and equity. The People's Progressive Party/Civic Government prioritizes sector fairness. This is why Guyanese primary healthcare is being expanded and enhanced throughout the
UN News - The Vatican’s rejection of the 500-year-old Catholic decree used to justify the seizure of indigenous lands by colonial powers, known as the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, has been welcomed by an independent UN human rights expert as “an important step towards reconciliation and
Release - Across the region, the diaspora and internationally the public joined an important conversation on financial mobilization for climate change. The University of the West Indies’ virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Forum on The Bridgetown Initiative held on Thursday, March 30, 2023, placed expert stakeholder voices and
Following the shutdown of Dominica's premiere medical school, Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM), a new educational institution is set to begin operations in the island by August this year. The new school, American Canadian School of Medicine(ACSOM), is opening in Picard, Portsmouth—the same city where
UN News - Cindy McCain of the United States takes the helm of the UN emergency food relief agency amid “unprecedented” global hunger fuelled by conflict, climate change and soaring fertilizer prices, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. WFP estimates that more than 345 million people worldwide face
In the name of transparency, Dominica's prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit treated the island's local media to a site visit at the massive airport project slated to open Dominica to the world. "I was happy to engage the members of the local media during the tour of
UN News - Ahead of its 75th anniversary on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for countries to both address inequities in care and protect the workers who provide it, many of whom are burned out from the COVID-19 pandemic. The world has witnessed
Release - Food security and nutrition surveillance systems (FNSS) are critical to public health as they provide information for immediate and medium to long-term decision-making relating to the nutritional risk factors, nutritional status and nutrition-related diseases and disorders in a country’s population. The Caribbean Public Health
UN News - Almost two months after deadly earthquakes struck Türkiye and northern Syria, a large-scale humanitarian operation is underway for which funding is still desperately needed, the UN Humanitarian Affairs coordination office (OCHA). OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, told reporters in Geneva that the current phase was
Release - On the beaches of a Caribbean whaling town, a young boy begins to understand the meaning hidden in his great uncle's sweet sea shanty serenade. The whaling town of Barrouallie, St. Vincent and the Grenadines is one of the only places in the
