PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first case of the Monkeypox virus with health authorities here saying the patient is a middle-aged man with a history of international travel.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) says it has successfully treated a baby who was born with an abnormal spine, leading to the emergence of a tail.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the 2023 Bridgetown Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health that addresses some of the world’s deadliest diseases in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which are especially at risk.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Some of the island’s popular social media influencers have joined forces with the Ministry of Health and Wellness to support its Expanded Program on Immunization, in an effort to increase the uptake of routine childhood immunizations.

PARIS – Caribbean countries are likely to benefit from a new initiative launched in Paris aimed at investing in and strengthening essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health care (PHC) services in low- and low-and-middle income countries (LICs, LMICs).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will host the inaugural three-day Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ministerial conference on non-communicable disease (NCD) and mental health, which gets underway on Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has denied allegations that “a higher than usual number of dialysis patients have died in recent days” as a result of several non-working dialysis machines.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has launched the State of the World’s Children 2023 under the theme “For Every Child, Vaccination” and has received cold chain equipment from UNICEF Belize to strengthen primary health care in the country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Approximately 68 patients at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, who have lost limbs due to a health condition or trauma, will be provided with prosthetics.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) began its 172nd session Monday examining resolutions, strategies and policies that will be presented to PAHO’s 60^th Directing Council in September, with the aim of improving the health of the population of the Americas.

Washington, DC – The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Belize as malaria-free, following the country’s over 70 years of continued efforts to stamp out the disease.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Health authorities have confirmed that a resurgence of cholera has resulted in the deaths of several hundred people in Haiti since the beginning of the year.