Great interest in lecture on medicinal cannabis
WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Public Health, Nature and Environment Suzanne Camelia-Römer gave a lecture at the University of Curacao last night about the government's policy regarding medicinal cannabis. This meeting was primarily intended for those directly involved, such as planters, pharmacists, investors, lawyers, and notaries. The lecture was visited More...
Countries of the Americas seek to keep region free of polio
GUATEMALA CITY - The region of the Americas registered its last case of poliomyelitis in 1991, and in 1994 was the first in the world to receive certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) as free of More...
New 10mn cancer test
Researchers from the university of Queensland in Australia have developed a 10-minute test that can detect the presence of cancer cells anywhere in the human body by discovering a unique DNA structure that appears More...
PAHO urges testing as the first step towards preventing HIV and halting the AIDS epidemic
Knowing HIV status is vital to accessing prevention, treatment, ensuring follow-up, protecting future partners and avoiding new HIV infections. 1 in 4 people with the virus in Latin America and the Caribbean do More...
PAHO launches campaign to prevent cervical cancer
In the Americas, more than 34,000 women die each year from this disease, which can be prevented through vaccination, screening, and treatment of precancerous lesions. WASHINGTON - The Pan American Health Organization More...
CMU Mobile Health Event 24-11-2018
WILLEMSTAD - This coming Saturday November 24th, 2018 the students of Caribbean Medical University (CMU) will be organizing the next CMU Mobile Health Event. This time we will be at Maduro & Curiel’s Bank More...
Laughing therapy
Let’s start the day with laughter, and end it up with humor, this may help you feel better about yourself and the world around you. It is called laughing therapy, only few minutes of humor can keep the mind and More...
CMU Mobile Health Event 10-11-2018
WILLEMSTAD - This coming Saturday November 10th, 2018 the students of Caribbean Medical University (CMU) will be organizing the next CMU Mobile Health Event at Cost-U-Less. The time will be from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. More...
‘Health is a right of the people and a responsibility of government,’ says PAHO Director
Health is a human right, and it is governments' responsibility to ensure that right, said the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, on October 26th, during the closing More...
Zika label removed from Caribbean countries
Advocacy from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has resulted in the World Health Organization (WHO) removing the “Zika virus country” label from territories in More...
