Press Release - After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health agency said on Thursday. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) nearly four million doses of coronavirus vaccines from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative arrived in Africa last week, compared with just 245,000
Media Release - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon. Andrew A. Fahie, and newly appointed UNDP Resident Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ms Valerie Cliff, have discussed continued collaboration between the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and UNDP on COVID-19 response, sustainable development, resilience
UN NEWS—The variant’s spread, along with increased social mobility and the inconsistent use of proven public health measures, is driving an increase in both case numbers and deaths, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the recent data in
More than 30,000 residents of St. Lucia have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the government of St. Lucia announced. As of June 29, Tuesday, 30,815 received their first shot, and most of them are individuals above 50 years of age, followed by
CARPHA Release - Under the theme Pandemic, NCDs and Climate Change – The Caribbean’s Triple Threat, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in collaboration with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), will host its first-ever virtual health research conference, from 16 to 19 June 2021. In
UN NEWS—Improved Internet access and connectivity can do more than urban migration to provide better jobs and higher standards of living for the roughly 3.4 billion people living in rural areas, according to the latest World Social Report, published on Thursday. Although the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to stall progress
Ramp up the vaccine production for the entire vaccine value chain without compromising quality. This was the urgent call of the director of of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to concerned manufacturers in the Caribbean, in a bid to address the "glaring gaps" on the
The pandemic has caused serious disruptions for businesses large and small. Many businesses even had to close their doors due to COVID restrictions. It may not seem like a good time to start a business, but the time may be right for many budding entrepreneurs. In
ASSOCIATED PRESS — The man in the WhatsApp video says he has seen it work himself: A few drops of lemon juice in the nose will cure COVID-19. “If you practice what I am about to say with faith, you will be free of corona in five seconds,”
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummeled the country’s health system shows no signs of abating. Many medical
