The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness will continue its fogging exercise in the parish of St James, this week. On May 3, the team will visit: Bagatelle Road, Bagatelle Park, Little Ridge, Hoytes Village Development, St John The Baptist Drive, 1st and 2nd Avenues Thorpe’s Road, Holders Hill, Thorpe’s Main […]
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SOURCE: CMC — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that inequalities in addressing AIDS threaten global efforts to stamp out the disease as a public health threat by 2030. The UN chief issued the warning in a report published on Friday, which provides 10 key recommendations to get the world back on track. According […]
The Vector Control Unit in the Ministry of Health and Wellness will be moving its mosquito eradication exercise to rural parishes this week. On Monday, May 10, the fogging team will visit the following communities in St. Andrew: Hillaby Church Gap, Mose Bottom, Mount Hillaby, Turners Hall and Harewood Road and surrounding areas. The team […]
Residents of St Andrew now have a newly-renovated and modernized outpatient clinic. The facility, which was due for permanent closure, will allow residents to access community-based services in an enhanced atmosphere. At today’s opening ceremony, Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic said due to serious infrastructural issues that plagued the building in […]
Several rural communities are scheduled to be sprayed this week, under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Fogging Programme. The exercise will begin in St Joseph on Monday, May 17, at Mellows Hill, Chimborazo, Mascoll Road, Alley Road, Braggs Hill, Union Road, Sugar Hill, Yearwood Road, Lammings New Road, Lammings Housing Area, Lammings Close, Wheel […]
Barbados has achieved a major goal in its fight against COVID-19. Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has revealed that for the first time the country had reached its target of 25 cases per 100, 000, following a positivity rate of 1.04 per cent during the past week. Speaking during the Barbados […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be conducting its fogging programme in the parishes of St John and St Philip this week. On Monday, May 31, the fogging team will visit the following communities in St John: Cherry Grove, Henley, Bowmanston, Ashford, The Glen, Ashbury, Lemon Arbor, Natty Browne Hill, Four Roads, Spooners, Pool […]
Several communities in St Philip are scheduled to be sprayed this week, under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Fogging Programme. Beginning Monday, June 7, the team will visit Bayfield, St Catherine, Skeetes Bay, Wiltshire Avenue, Clarkes Hill, Sealy Hill, Ragged Point, Marley Vale, Culpepper Development, Industry Hall, Merricks, Lyders Hill, Sealy Hall, Content Cot, […]
The Barbados Cancer Support Services (CSS) is reporting an increase in younger men opting to be screened for prostate cancer. Executive Director of the CSS Jan Lynton told Barbados TODAY that though she is not able to give figures, she has noticed that during the last Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening almost two months ago, […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness will continue its fogging programme in St Philip, this week. On Monday, June 14, the team will spray Church Village, Blades Hill, Three Houses, Ebenezer, Brereton, Marley Vale and surrounding areas. The districts of Diamond Valley, Crane Park South, Pounder Road, Colleton Drive, Kirtons #1, #2, & #3, Kirtons […]