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Is BVIHSA CEO Darlene A. Carty-Baptiste In or Out @ end of contract?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many eyebrows were raised when the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) started advertising the post of Chief Executive Officer from February 2016 when in fact the post does not become vacant until September 2016, some 6 months away.
Negative impacts of NHI already seen– Nagico MD Shan Mohamed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Managing Director of Nagico Insurances Mr Shan Mohamed believes that it is yet too early to properly assess the true impact of the National Health Insurance scheme on the insurance sector.
‘Project Bug Out’ to fight Zika on VG
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A public/private partnership has been established to chart the path towards mosquito eradication on Virgin Gorda.
Illness among Maho guests believed to be Noro-virus
THE DAILY HERALD
The illness amongst guests at the Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Casino is believed to be a Noro-virus and the resort said it is doing its utmost to contain the spread of the virus.
Jamaica records second Swine Flu-related death
JAMAICA GLEANER
The Health Ministry is reporting a second death linked to the H1N1 virus commonly called (Swine Flu).
2 new cases of Zika, 3 new cases of dengue confirmed on St Croix
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed two additional cases of Zika — both female — on St Croix, US Virgin Islands, bringing the total cases to 4, according to a press release the Department of Health (D.O.H) issued late Tuesday February 23, 2016.
'I had already seen my coffin' - Cancer survivor
EAST END, Tortola, VI - Cancer-free for the past two years, Theresa Eunesta Williams credits her Heavenly Father, her relatives and a dear friend of hers who is herself a cancer survivor, with getting her through the worst personal ordeal she has had to face in her life.
2nd case of Zika confirmed in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A new case of the Zika virus has been confirmed on the island of St Croix, US Virgin Islands, coming one month after the first case was reported. The news was revealed to The Consortium on February 19, 2016 by Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) officials, during a previously planned interview that took place at the Charles Harwood Memorial Hospital.
St Maarten records first zika virus case
THE DAILY HERALD
PHILIPSBURG, St Maerten- The first case of zika virus has been recorded in St. Maarten, but authorities are unsure whether the case was contracted locally or whether the person, who had travelled recently, contracted the virus abroad.
Dominica rejects use of genetically modified mosquitoes
CARIBBEAN 360
ROSEAU, Dominica - Dominica wants no part of the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the vector that carries the Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya viruses.
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