HEALTH TALK: Rheumatoid Arthritis – The kid’s variety
OVERVIEW We usually associate arthritis with adults. But children can be affected by almost ...
Rotary Club celebrates World Polio Day
The Rotary Club of Dominica today joins with over 34,000 other Rotary clubs around the world to ...
Health officials tackle Diabetic Foot
The Ministry of Health is pleased to partner with the Rotary Club of Dominica and the Dominica ...
Groups tackle HIV/AIDS in Dominica
This year the National HIV and AIDS Response Programme and the US Peace Corps have teamed up ...
HEALTH TALK: Myths and truths about back pain
You may think lifting heavy objects is a certain cause of back pain. But it’s how you lift ...
French Overseas Department tackles obesity
Debate had been going on in recent weeks in the French Parliament on the level of obesity in ...
Newsletter on HIV launched
The National HIV and AIDS Response Programme in the Ministry of Health has launched a ...
HEALTH TALK: Lung cancer
O.K., so not all of us did Biology in school, but for sure most of you know that you have a ...
WHO highlights global underinvestment in mental healthcare
GENEVA ¦ 10 October 2011 – One in four people will require mental health care at some ...
Mental health: My primary health care responsibility
Below is an address given my Minister of Health Julius Timothy to mark World Mental Health Day ...
Dominica seeks funds for cancer treatment facility
Health Minister Julius Timothy said funds are being sought to build a cancer treatment facility ...
Health authorities take tough measures on mosquito control
The Environmental Health Department will be enforcing laws to stop the breeding of mosquitoes ...
HEALTH TALK: Dengue fever
I’m not going to deal with mosquitoes and all that. The good people of the Environmental ...
Timothy calls for integrated approach to manage oral diseases
Dominicans are being asked to take better care of their oral health. The Ministry of Health is ...
Cuban doctors perform hi-tech skull base surgery
Cuban doctors have performed high technology skull base surgery in 52 patients since February ...
HEALTH TALK: Your eyes speak… about your health
Some agree that eyes are the “windows to the soul”, as the ancient proverb has it. Maybe, ...
CARICOM outlines position at special UN Summit on Non Communicable Diseases
The United Nations Monday heard calls for an all-out attack on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) ...
Leptospirosis still not under control; Dominica gets assistance from Cuba
Health officials in Dominica are working with technicians from Cuba to help control the rodent ...
HEALTH TALK: Got a bad itch? Could be scabies
INTRODUCTION Scabies is an itchy skin condition caused by a tiny, eight-legged burrowing mite ...
BREAKING NEWS: Dengue alert
The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that there is an outbreak of Dengue ...
Cuban doctors performed 600,000 eye surgeries in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia (South Journal) — Cuban doctors have performed over 600,000 eye surgeries ...
Nipping obesity at the roots
Hon. Minister Julius Timothy, Minister of Health said, “statistic shows that 33 percent of ...