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Our health desk tracks public health issues and policies in the Caribbean and worldwide. Cooperating with Ministries of Health, regional health agencies and international development partners, we also detail disease outbreaks, global health priorities and new investments in health. The health desk also features strategies on how to live a better, healthier life.

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Vaccine inequity will cost lives in small countries

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 Written by Antillean Media Group

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, calls out health inequality as a human rights concern for small states, as access to life-saving COVID vaccines remains severely hampered in the developing world.

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COVID surge in Barbados points to policy failures

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 Written by Dr. Melissa Goddard, Guest Contributor

Despite warnings from clinicians, Barbados held on to a too-short quarantine and test protocol when its borders opened last summer. Now, a new surge in COVID cases and deaths begs retrospective policy questions.

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US pulls HIV funding from hard-hit Caribbean countries

April 14, 2017April 28, 2018 Written by Antillean Media Group

Funding under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief will be cut for several Caribbean countries, leaving a significant gap in the regional HIV/AIDS response

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No Judgment SKN: A movement to change a culture of sexual violence in St. Kitts & Nevis

January 22, 2017April 17, 2017 Written by Sherine Andreine Powerful

“No Judgement SKN” is an emerging prevention and awareness organization that aims to provide support and resources for survivors of sexual violence in St. Kitts and Nevis

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Concerns of Zika Spread with Lack of Funding to Combat Virus

August 15, 2016December 12, 2016 Written by Gianna Medina

The lack of strategic Zika prevention efforts causes travel concerns for the Caribbean

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Vaginal rings may be a powerful tool for women in HIV prevention

May 29, 2016February 23, 2021 Written by Antillean Media Group

Women’s efforts to prevent HIV usually fall to men opting for safer sex, but a medicated vaginal ring may broaden their options

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