St. Vincent and the Grenadines joined the Global Community in Observing World Asthma Day on Tuesday May 1st. World Asthma day is an annual awareness event supported by Global Initiative for Asthma, GINA, to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. On Sunday April 30th the Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment, through… Continue Reading →
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment is collaborating with the Diabetes Association to host a number of activities, on issues relating to diabetes, later this month. In a release the “Be Fit Movement SVG Fitness group” said it will recommence a Dance to Fitness Total Body Workout, a 5K Run/Walk and a Health… Continue Reading →
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has announced that it is ready to commence Phase Two of the SMART Health Care Facilities in the Eastern Caribbean Project. A technical meeting was held on Thursday 31st August 2017, between the Ministry, representatives from the Pan American Health Organization and the Department for International Development,… Continue Reading →
The local Police Force is making progress, as it works along with the Solid Waste Management Unit at the Central Water and Sewerage Authority and the Ministry of Health, to address the issue of derelict vehicles throughout the country. While speaking on the On The Beat program aired on NBC Radio on Monday night, Station… Continue Reading →
This Friday, a Town Hall Meeting will be held in Chateaubelair to discuss the retro-fitting of the Chateaubelair Hospital. A release from the Ministry of Health said that the Chateaubelair Hospital and Clinic will be retro-fitted under the SMART Hospitals Project, which aims to provide safer greener health facilities to deliver care during natural disasters…. Continue Reading →
Assurance has been given that the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment takes the safety and security of patients and staff at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital and other healthcare facilities seriously. Around 5 o’clock in the afternoon at the Hospital on Tuesday the assurance came in the wake of heightened security. A release… Continue Reading →
A one week training workshop on Chronic Diseases Self-Management will take place from September 26th to 30th in Bequia. The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment is partnering with the Pan American Health Organization to strengthen the response to the rising scourge of non-communicable diseases in St. Vincent & the Grenadines. The facilitators of… Continue Reading →