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...
Risk of getting Zika in the Caribbean is now low
PORT OF SPAIN - The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the chance of anyone in the region contracting the mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) now is “low”. Following a review of relevant data over the More...
Veterinary medicine can prevent outbreak Zika
A simple veterinary medicine that is used against ticks, for example, seems to help against the outbreak of diseases such as Zika and Malaria. If 30 percent of the population in tropical areas receives a single More...
Camelia-Römer: “Release mosquitos in Curaçao more difficult than in Saba”
WILLEMSTAD - Release mosquitoes in Curaçao as they did in Saba is not just applicable to this island. The Leeward Island wants to release 15 million male tiger mosquitos to fight the Zika virus. The female Aedes More...
Zika cases on the decline, but the war on mosquitoes is far from over
PORT OF SPAIN - “Even though the number of cases of Zika have significantly declined from the outbreak of 2016, there is still need for continued vigilance and action on mosquito borne diseases, which pose a health More...
Future waves of Zika Epidemic likely, PAHO Chief warns
WASHINGTON - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) director Carissa Etienne says future epidemic waves of the Zika virus, which will put additional people at risk, remain likely. She issued the warning in a new More...
The WHO is still warning about Zika in over 30 Caribbean nations
NEW YORK - That pesky Zika virus just won’t leave the Caribbean region alone. The World Health Organization’s latest Zika classification table has over 30 Caribbean countries listed as areas “with new introduction More...
Promising zika vaccine moves to next phase of human trials
WASHINGTON DC – With projections putting the regional cost of the ongoing spread of the Zika virus at billions of dollars, the news that we are one step closer to a vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease is More...
Zika’s emergency phase gives way to a long-term public health challenge
WASHINGTON — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says experts now consider Zika to be a long-term public health challenge, following the declaration by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Emergency More...
First Zika-related microcephaly case recorded in Grenada
ST GEORGE’S – One Caribbean country has confirmed its first case of Zika-related microcephaly, while another is investigating a possible case. Grenada has confirmed that a baby was born with the birth defect, More...
