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UNICEF donates solar vaccine refrigerators to MOH to strengthen cold chain in remote regions
In a significant step toward improving healthcare access in remote communities, UNICEF today officially handed over 10 solar-powered vaccine refrigerators to the Ministry of Health at the Kingston Bond, Georgetown. This donation marks a key...

U.S. And Great Britain Move To Secure Strategic Advantage In Syria and Libya
With Russia focused on Ukraine, Washington is stepping up its efforts to ensure that Moscow cannot re-establish itself so easily in its previously vital strategic Middle East and North Africa strongholds of Syria and Libya. The U.S. and Great...

Paraguay-US Launch Joint Medical Mission during AMISTAD 25
U.S. Air Force Major Job Torres Gomez, 943rd Aerospace Medical Squadron, talks to a patient, while two other medical professionals check an X-ray, as part of AMISTAD 25, at the Primero de Mayo clinic in Luque, Paraguay, August 8, 2025. (Andrea...
U.S., Paraguay launch joint medical mission during AMISTAD 25
The United States and Paraguay launched a bilateral medical mission Aug. 4 as part of AMISTAD 25, an Air Forces Southern-led exercise focused on strengthening partnerships, enhancing readiness and improving access to health care. The global health...

Jamaica misses podium as Suriname and Barbados dominate CAZOVA Volleyball Championships
GC Foster College in Spanish Town came alive with spikes, blocks, and roars of determination as the inaugural Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Caribbean Volleyball Championships came to an electrifying close on Sunday. -...

FEALAC and Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, August 19, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Mongolia will serve as Co-Chair (East Asia Regional Coordinator) of the Forum for East Asia–Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) for the 2025–2027 term. Mongolia will host the 10th FEALAC Foreign Ministers’...

How drones are helping to fight malaria in urban Tanzania
Experts discuss their research to help fight against malaria Baby Dilan lies curled against his grandmother’s chest, his curious brown eyes watching closely as she tells her story. Judith Lomayani Laizer has cared for the seven-month-old since his...

US Airmen Bring Maintenance Grit to Medical Mission in Suriname
While patients waited in crowded clinics and medical staff in crisp uniforms moved from room to room, a small maintenance shop tucked into the corner of Academic Hospital Paramaribo, in Suriname, buzzed with a different kind of energy — one less...

CARPHA Leads Regional Push For Health Security In Guyana
“If infectious diseases know no boundaries, our individual and collective actions today will determine how well we are prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.” The words of Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr...

Opportunities in O&G, business, tourism, health & education on the rise for Reg. 6 – Dr Ashni Singh
The groundwork has already begun to alter the socio-economic landscape of Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), to create more opportunities in areas such as oil and gas, tourism, health, education and much more. This was highlighted by minister...
![[B-roll] Week two of AMISTAD 2025 begins in Suriname](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/frames/video/2507/971809/DOD_111192646.0000001/1000w_q95.jpg)
[B-roll] Week two of AMISTAD 2025 begins in Suriname
U.S. Air Force medical and support personnel provided care to hundreds of patients while collaborating with Canadian Armed Forces dental providers and local practitioners during AMISTAD 2025, a two-week Global health engagement with Surinamese...

USAF, CAF medical personnel complete more than 2,000 procedures, treat more than 650 patients during AMISTAD 2025
U.S. Air Force medical and support personnel provided care to hundreds of patients while collaborating with Canadian Armed Forces dental providers and local practitioners during AMISTAD 2025, a two-week global health engagement with Surinamese...

U.S., Surinamese family medicine providers share expertise during AMISTAD 2025
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – U.S. Air Force medical and support personnel provided care to hundreds of patients while collaborating with local practitioners during a two-week Global health engagement with Surinamese health care providers, July 12-25....

PAHO Director and CARICOM Secretary-General sign 2025-2029 Joint Subregional cooperation strategy to advance health and equity in the Caribbean
Georgetown, Guyana, 22 July 2025 (PAHO) – The Joint Subregional Cooperation Strategy that will provide a coordinated framework for technical cooperation to address common public health challenges in the Caribbean was signed today by the Director...

PAHO Director and CARICOM Secretary-General sign 2025-2029 Subregional cooperation strategy to advance health and equity in the Caribbean
Georgetown, Guyana, 22 July 2025 (PAHO) – The Subregional Strategy that will provide a coordinated framework for technical cooperation to address common public health challenges in the Caribbean was signed today by the Director of the Pan American...

Unified Policy Needed to Boost ‘Medical Tourism’ in India
Experts from the medical industry urged for a single-window platform to promote medical tourism in India. According to Dr. Sunil Khetarpal, Director of the Association of Healthcare Providers (India), "A unified national policy is essential to...

Caribbean Development Bank Awards Over USD400,000 in Growth Grants to Caribbean Women-Led Businesses
Twenty (20) Women-owned and led Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (WMSMEs) from seven (7) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have been awarded grants totaling an estimated USD420,000. The Bank’s...

Caribbean Voice Calls for Candlelight Vigils to Mark World Suicide Prevention Day
The Caribbean Voice (TCV) is urging communities across the Caribbean and diaspora to organize candlelight vigils this September in observance of World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) on September 10. This year’s theme, “Changing the Narrative,”...
4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
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Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
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