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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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Zika in the Caribbean: A backgrounder and the regional response

January 30, 2016July 10, 2016 Written by Kelly King

As cases of Zika infection continue to rise in the Caribbean, Caribbean residents have become increasingly concerned about taking preventative action against becoming infected.

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Zika may be linked to deadly Guillain-Barré Syndrome

January 22, 2016August 26, 2018 Written by Jovan Reid

The public health crisis may have extended even further

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Are Haiti’s tent cities being forgotten?

August 5, 2015August 6, 2015 Written by David Kroeker Maus

More than five years after the devastating earthquake of 12 January, 2010, at least 60,000 people are still living in camps, and programmes to help them move out are coming to an end.

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Caribbean gay lobby warns against moral panic over marriage equality

July 1, 2015September 21, 2015 Written by Antillean Media Group

A regional LGBT lobby has criticized a Jamaican evangelical group’s petition against LGBT equality in the Caribbean, following a US Supreme Court decision on marriage equality

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What you need to know about the “new” STI in Jamaica

June 19, 2015July 1, 2015 Written by Sherine Andreine Powerful

There is word that a “new” sexually transmitted infection (STI) has popped up in Jamaica: Mycoplasma genitalium. What is it exactly, and is there cause for worry?

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Cholera vaccination campaign shows success in Haiti

March 29, 2015March 29, 2015 Written by Deborah Almond

An oral cholera vaccination campaign carried out across rural Haiti was effective, according to a study led by Harvard Medical School researchers at Partners In Health.

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