The president of the British Virgin Islands Diabetic Association, Bennett Smith, is worried about the large number of diabetics in the territory.
In a message to mark the 30th anniversary of the Association, Smith said, “We know that diabetes is the major cause of lower limb amputations and renal failure, making dialysis necessary.”
Haiti’s cholera death toll has jumped by some 210 people, with more than 2,400 now having succumbed to the epidemic, health officials said on Wednesday, after days of hope that the outbreak had begun to taper off.
via Haiti cholera toll surpasses 2400 – The West Australian.
The cholera outbreak ravaging Haiti is part of a worldwide pandemic that began 50 years ago and should be easy to stop — with technology developed in the 1800s.
Haiti’s poor sanitation system, however, makes it vulnerable to a disease that first swept the United States and other parts of the world more than 150 years ago. The current global wave of cholera — the seventh in recorded history — made its way from Asia to Africa then Latin America, and is now back for its second strike at this hemisphere.
via Caribbean News Now!: Haiti not the first stop for deadly cholera strain.
JOURNALISTS should put more effort into reporting the problems of sustainable water management, say officials of the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C).
They note that this is especially important since the resource, without changes in current practices might become as rare and as costly as oil as early as 2050.
St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas said mandatory testing, especially pregnant mothers for the HIV/AIDS virus is a human rights issue that requires education.
via CARIBBEAN-St. Kitts PM calls for education on the issue of mandatory HIV/AIDS testing.
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