Obesity is preventable: Make it a family affair to get active because it’s never...
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Sint Maarten’s calendar of health observances is to promote particular local or global health issues, and encourage the population to Get...
17 travellers turned back or quarantined in Jamaica over yellow fever worry
Source: Caribbean360
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday June 28, 2016 – Nine passengers who flew into Jamaica yesterday were refused entry, while another eight were quarantined because...
Minister Emil Lee visits members of Second Chamber
THE NETHERLANDS - As part of his working visit to the Netherlands, Minister of Health Emil Lee paid a courtesy visit to Chairman of...
St. Maarten and Curaçao Health Ministries cooperate on war with mosquitos
PHILIPSBURG - In an effort to increase awareness amongst the general public of St. Maarten regarding mosquito-borne illnesses, particularly about the Zika virus, Minister...
Minister Lee meets with Minister Victorina
Willemstad, CURAÇAO - During his recent trip to Curaçao, Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee met with the Minister of...
CPS commends CARPHA on Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week. Calls on community to fight the...
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Collective Preventive Services (CPS), a government department under the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour,...
Minister Lee and AUIS discuss cooperation agreement
LOWLANDS, Sint Maarten -- The American University of Integrative Sciences School of Medicine (AUIS) recently donated a Digitrex kit to the Minister of Public...
Community invited to Breast health and abnormalities awareness session set for May 23 at...
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – A Breast cancer awareness session entitled “Breast Health and Abnormalities” is planned for Monday, May 23 at the...
60% referrals for diagnosis needs to be reduced
PHILIPSBURG - Minister of Public Health Emil Lee held a follow-up care contract meeting with SZV and Coomeva, which is the Colombian company that...
Terms of Reference of landfill should be improved
PHILIPSBURG - Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labour Emil Lee has asked the Health Inspector General’s Office, and the Pan-American Health Organization...
