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T20 World Cup will be crucial for Sammy, says Bishop
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Committee member Carlene Edwards encouraged by FIFA experience
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Caribbean countries benefit from PAHO vaccine initiative
December 17, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Several Caribbean countries are benefitting from a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) initiative aimed at strengthen...
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Caribbean countries urged to provide more funding for health sector
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Caribbean countries urged to provide more funding for health sector
December 12, 2025
WASHINGTON,United States (CMC)—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to strengthen...
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Caribbean countries urged to be prepared as region enters increased influenza season
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Caribbean countries urged to be prepared as region enters increased influenza season
December 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to adjust ...
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PAHO launches tool to improve care for women who survive sexual violence
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PAHO launches tool to improve care for women who survive sexual violence
December 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a rapid assessment tool to improve care for women survivors...
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PAHO urges Caribbean to strengthen response to HIV
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PAHO urges Caribbean to strengthen response to HIV
November 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) on Friday urged countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, to s...
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Parottee residents plead for mental health support
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November 20, 2025
Residents of Parottee in St Elizabeth are urgently calling for mental-health assistance for neighbours still struggling emotionally in the aftermath o...
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PAHO scales up emergency health response across the Caribbean following Hurricane Melissa
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November 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has activated its emergency coordination and response mechanisms...
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PAHO urges governments to do more to deal with malaria cases
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November 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Thursday called on governments and other stakeholders in the Americas to...
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PAHO urges Caribbean to ensure the region remains polio-free
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PAHO urges Caribbean to ensure the region remains polio-free
October 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is observing World Polio Day on Friday, urging the Americas, including t...
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PAHO releases new guidelines to help combat vaccine misinformation
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PAHO releases new guidelines to help combat vaccine misinformation
October 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has launched new guidelines designed to support health workers and other...
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PAHO launches new initiative to deal with high rate of NCDs
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PAHO launches new initiative to deal with high rate of NCDs
October 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Health authorities from across the Americas, including the Caribbean, Wednesday approved a new 2025–2030 Action Plan...
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PAHO calls for safe care for all newborns and children
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September 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) on Wednesday said that in 2020, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) re...
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PAHO launches award honouring late Jamaican veterinarian
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PAHO launches award honouring late Jamaican veterinarian
September 5, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Suzan McLennon-Miguel Caribbean Antimicrobial Resistance (AM...
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PAHO calls for strengthened vaccination and surveillance amid antibiotic-resistant pertussis in the region
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PAHO calls for strengthened vaccination and surveillance amid antibiotic-resistant pertussis in the region
August 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reiterated the importance of strengthening vaccination and surveilla...
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PAHO signs cooperation strategy with Caricom
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, is ending a three-day visit to Guyana on We...
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Caribbean countries to benefit from new PAHO agreement
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (CMC) -Caribbean countries are to benefit from the renewed agreement between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Bloomberg Phil...
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PAHO strengthens birth defect surveillance with interactive regional repository
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PAHO strengthens birth defect surveillance with interactive regional repository
June 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Birth Defects Repository in the Americas, an interactiv...
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PAHO says voluntary blood donation rises in Latin America, Caribbean, but challenges remain
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PAHO says voluntary blood donation rises in Latin America, Caribbean, but challenges remain
June 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says while new data suggests progress in voluntary blood donation across...
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Jamaica invites fellow PAHO members to join wellness journey
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June 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has invited fellow members of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to join the country on its wellness journey. The...
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PAHO warns risk of yellow fever remains high
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a new Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) on yellow fever in the Amer...
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
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PAHO calls for strengthened mosquito surveillance, vector control in the Caribbean
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PAHO calls for strengthened mosquito surveillance, vector control in the Caribbean
May 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, is urging ministries of health in th...
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