Topic: WHO
Health officials activate enhanced screening as WHO issues Ebola advisory
Cayman began enhanced Ebola screening measures at the airport this week following the World Health Organization’s declaration of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Local group calls for more support for breastfeeding mums
As Cayman joins the globe in marking World Breastfeeding Week, a local support group is advocating for better community support and more space spaces for mothers nursing their babies.
CMO: New Omicron ‘Pirola’ variant likely to reach Cayman
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nick Gent has said it is only a matter of time before the new Omicron variant BA.2.86, unofficially called 'Pirola', is discovered in Cayman, although no cases of it have been formally detected.
As COVID cases surge in China, Cayman assesses risk
While China grapples with a sharp spike in COVID cases, following the recent relaxation of its restrictive zero-COVID policy, Cayman's new chief medical officer is monitoring how events overseas might impact the islands' response to handling the virus.
Local surveillance continues as monkeypox declared global emergency
Cayman has no confirmed cases of monkeypox to date and local health officials say they are monitoring the spread of the virus which has now been declared public health emergency of international concern.
Local doctors urge parents to be ‘aware not alarmed’ over hepatitis
Addressing the reported global increase in hepatitis cases in children, interim Chief Medical Officer Dr. Autilia Newton said Cayman needs to be "aware but not alarmed".
PAHO/WHO appoints new representative to the Cayman Islands
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization has appointed Ian Stein to be the representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
Cayman’s C-section rate more than double WHO recommendations
At 37% of all live births a year, the rate of caesarean sections in the Cayman Islands is more than double the rate recommended by the World Health Organisation.
World Health Day focuses on beating diabetes
To help tackle preventable diseases like diabetes, which this year is the focus of the annual World Health Day, Cayman’s Department of Health will...
No local cases; Zika continues to spread across the Americas
Thirty-one countries in the Americas have documented local cases of Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to causing birth defects in babies of infected women.
Zika virus spawns economic dangers through the Americas
The spread of the Zika virus, a growing medical threat through much of the Americas, demands “urgent action” from regional governments to help control the potential economic damage an epidemic could cause, according to the World Bank and other institutions.
Cayman fighting Zika before it gets here
The red and white Mosquito Research and Control Unit plane began making the rounds this month, joined by truck-mounted foggers on the ground, to kill the mosquitoes blamed for spreading the Zika virus around South and Central America.
Mosquito Research and Control Unit readies Zika fight
Cayman’s Mosquito Research and Control Unit is gearing up to fight the Aedes aegypti mosquito, responsible for carrying the Zika virus that has recently been called a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization.
Cayman prepares for Zika
Cayman’s public health officials expect the Zika virus to be in the country in the coming months and are preparing the Mosquito Research and Control Unit and the islands’ healthcare workers to deal with the new virus.
