Cuba opens new cholera treatment centre in Haiti

With the opening of a new centre for cholera treatment in Carrefour, Haiti, the number of such facilities set up by Cuban doctors in an effort to stop the spreading of the disease now totals nine.

via Caribbean News Now!: Cuba opens new cholera treatment centre in Haiti.

Central Brooklyn – Home To Many Caribbean Immigrants – Has High Concentration on HIV Cases

Central Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods luke Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and Brownsville, home to a significant population of Caribbean migrants, also has a high concentration of persons living with HIV/AIDS

CaribWorldNews.com – Global Caribbean Daily Newswire.

French Expert Links Haiti Cholera Epidemic to U.N. Peacekeepers

A french disease expert has reportedly confirmed what many in the Haitian community have been saying for months now — that the cholera epidemic sweeping haiti is largely linked to U.N. troops there.

CaribWorldNews.com – Global Caribbean Daily Newswire.

HIV/AIDS Commission continues its outreach programme

THE National HIV/AIDS Commission its continuing a concerted effort to sensitise Barbadians about the need to stay protected and to prevent the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus.

via The Barbados Advocate – HIV/AIDS Commission continues its outreach programme.

Stakeholders to discuss Caribbean response to HIV/AIDS

A two-day meeting examining the Caribbean’s response to the HIV/AIDS virus gets underway here on Wednesday.

via BARBADOS-Stakeholders to discuss Caribbean response to HIV/AIDS.