- Health & Medical en-us http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com N/A http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com 20 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3677/1/Be-One-of-Zuris-Angels-A-Little-Girl-Needs-Your-Help.html Meet Zuri...the adorable, gusty, self opinionated daughter of two very close friends of mine - Nicole and Dion Boucad. Nicole, Dion and I worked together at Trinidad and Tobago Television way back in the early 90's...Zuri has lost her hearing and now needs cochlear implants...an expensive undertaking. Read about what happened here... Zuri needs all the help she can get...Please donate anything you can, every little bit helps, even pennies. Thanks so much.... admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3643/1/Jamaica-Sees-35-Decline-in-HIVAIDS-Deaths-Between-2004--2006/Mother-to-child-transmission-rate-declines.html Kingston -- July 14, 2008 -- Minister of Health, Rudyard Spencer has revealed that Jamaica is leading the Caribbean in the fight against AIDS, having reduced the prevalence rate of HIV in Jamaica to about 1.5 per cent, thereby reducing the number of persons in the country who die of AIDS. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3625/1/Taiwan-and-Belize-Strengthen-Health-Care-Cooperation/A-follow-up-visit.html Belize -- July 9, 2008 -- A six-member delegation from the Tao-Yuan General Hospital (TYGH), Ministry of Health, Taiwan, is visiting Belize from July 6-16, 2008, to further extend the hospital’s health care cooperation program with Belize. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3471/1/China-to-Complete-Tobagos-Hospital.html Port-of-Spain, Trinidad -- June 14, 2008 -- The Government is awarding a $477.7 million contract to the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to complete the long overdue Scarborough Hospital by 2010, Health Minister Jerry Narace said yesterday. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3356/1/Barbados-Parliament-Approves-Plan-To-Spend-90M-Over-Five-Years-To-Fight-Spread-of-HIVAIDS/10-million-for-care-and-support-services.html May 30, 2008 -- The Barbados Parliament on Tuesday approved a plan to spend 180 million Barbados dollars, or about $90 million, over the next five years to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country, Barbados' Nation News reports. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3329/1/Caribbean-Workshop-on-Health-Information-Systems-Underway-in-Belize.html Belize -- May 28, 2008 -- Health Information System workers from nine participating countries across the region are in Belize for a four day workshop on how to better plan, implement, maintain and manage health information systems in their respective country. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3299/1/-Florida-based-organization-plans-medical-mission-trip-to-St-Kitts--Nevis.html May 23, 2008 -- United Hands, Inc., a 40-member U.S.-based team of health professionals will be conducting free health screenings for the general public in St. Kitts and Nevis from July 28 to 31, 2008. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3270/1/Dr-Leslie-Ramsammy-Assumes-Presidency-of-61st-World-Heath-Assembly/Moving-land-into-bio-fuel-production-threatens-public-health.html CARICOM, Guyana -- May 20, 2008 -- The 61st World Health Assembly opened today at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva with Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health of Guyana assuming the Presidency of the premier international Health organization. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3240/1/Efforts-underway-to-increase-Guyanas-life-expectancy-rate-by-2011/Every-child-with-HIV-placed-on-treatment.html Georgetown -- May 14, 2008 -- Guyana has turned a corner and the country’s life expectancy rate has begun to increase and work is being done to raise the population’s life expectancy rate to 70 years by 2011. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3211/1/Get-Fit-Grenada-launched/Aimed-to-improve-quality-of-life-for-Grenadians.html St. George's, Grenada -- May 7, 2008 -- Prime Minister Dr. The Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has launched a National Health and fitness programme called Get Fit Grenada. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500