You probably didn’t know that the Camp David Ranch in Santiago, the Dominican Republic, has a basement. Unlike the Alamo, it does.
Category: Central America
Bank funds cancer treatment*Feb. 19, 2017, 10:28 PM Ast
CHAT: Dr Curt Bodkyn, from right, paediatric oncologist lecturer/Unit Coordinator Child Health, The University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, chats with Lisa Francis-Mc Carthy, administrator of RBC Children’s Cancer Fund, Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society; Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh; and Gretchen Camacho-Mohammed, regional operating officer, RBC Royal Bank Trinidad & Tobago, during the tour of the Children’s Clinic of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where the RBC-donated Flow Cytometer will be housed.
National Aids Commission reveals global/regional statistics on HIV
… for the AIDS response in 2020, with US$ 23.9 billion required in 2030. According to 2015 statistics, the Ministry of Health in Belize (MOH) conducted a total of 31,346 HIV tests, where 239 tested positive. 20,105 females and 11,124 males were …
Haiti: January 12, 2010
… an earthquake or a pandemic. My interest then was in H5N1 and the then-pandemic H1N1, but Haiti taught me that public health is not so tidily compartmentalized. And Haiti’s lack of effective online communication systems taught me a lot as well. The …
Travel advisory issued after 2 cases of malaria confirmed – News
THE Ministry of Health yesterday issued a travel advisory to Jamaicans visiting malaria-affected countries following the confirmation of two imported cases here. “The Ministry of Health is urging Jamaicans to be cautious when travelling to areas affected with malaria,” the ministry said, and advised Jamaicans to contact their physician or health centre before travelling to malaria endemic areas and if they develop symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, sweats, fatigue, nausea, and vomiting after returning from affected territories.