UWP advises caution in Ebola crisis
Political Leader of the United Workers Party (UWP), Lennox Linton, says in light of the growing ...
‘Significant strides’ reported in dental health services
Significant strides have been made in the area of the delivery of dental health services in ...
Dominicans urged to keep their environment clean
Minister for Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs, Gloria Shillingford, ...
Dominicans encouraged to eat healthy
Dominicans are being encouraged to eat healthy in order to live longer lives. Ear, Nose and ...
CARPHA has not stopped testing for Chikungunya
Contrary to recent media reports, CARPHA continues to test for the Chikungunya virus. At a ...
Dominica steps up Ebola screening
Health authorities in Dominica say they are putting more measures in place to screen for the ...
Portsmouth Hospital ER described as “a maze”
The Emergency Room (ER) at the Portsmouth Hospital has been described as “a maze” ...
Dominica closely monitoring West Africa Ebola outbreak
Although Dominica has already announced that there will be no ban on travelers from West Africa ...
St. Lucia stations Ebola medical teams at airports
CASTRIES – The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations ...
No ban on West Africans; students being screened – CMO on Ebola threat
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. David Johnson has disclosed that although there will be no ...
Call for more funds to eye care
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr. Hazel Shillingford-Ricketts, is calling for a greater ...
Seventh Annual Bernard A. Sorhaindo Lecture to focus on obesity
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus Dominica, in association with the Dominica ...
Linton says UWP will not privatize health care
Leader of the opposition United Workers Party ( UWP ) Lennox Linton has flatly refuted and ...
Chikungunya cases declining
A senior health official here has confirmed that there is a decline in the number of cases of ...
Chinese ophthalmology mission in Dominica
The Ministry of Health on Monday welcomed a 10- man Chinese Ophthalmology Team on the Island to ...
Ebola outbreak prompts ‘preventive measures’ in Dominica
“Preventive measures” are being put in place in Dominica as the world faces the ...
Ebola declared an ‘international emergency’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an ...
‘Strong mechanisms’ needed to monitor health threats
A mission regarding the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) has been ...
Ebola risk in Caribbean low – Carpha
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) says the risk of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) ...
Specialist medical officers “alarmed” at PM parliamentary statement
The specialist medical officers at the island’s biggest hospital, the Princess Margaret ...
PAHO/WHO urges renewed efforts to promote breastfeeding
In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week 1–7 August 2014, the Pan American Health ...
Warning against Ebola
Chief Environmental Officer Anthony Scotland has sounded a word of caution in light of a ...