Health

The planned Roseville Halfway House will not simply reopen the former facility but will offer a redesigned community-based mental health programme to help people move from institutional care to living …

Parents are being urged to keep sick children at home when schools reopen, amid an increase in respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and influenza. The warning comes from the Barbados Association …

Government is planning a $1.2 billion debt-for-social swap in December, with savings from the transaction to be directed towards tackling Barbados’ non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis, including childhood obesity. Minister of …

Democratic Labour Party (DLP) spokesperson on Health and Elder Affairs Felicia Dujon is calling for greater investment in mental health services for children and teenagers. She warns that rising demand …

University scientists are preparing to test a new mosquito-control device in Barbados while exploring another biological approach that has significantly reduced dengue infections and hospitalisations in overseas trials, Barbados TODAY …

Medical professionals warned on Thursday that a sustained rise in requests to exempt children from routine immunisations could weaken Barbados’ long-established protection against vaccine-preventable diseases, as overseas misinformation increasingly shapes …

A revived Barbados chapter of the University of the West Indies Medical Alumni Association has agreed to help fund improvements to student facilities and mentor medical students at Cave Hill. …

A $3.6m (US$1.8m) endowment is to help University of the West Indies medical students struggling to meet tuition costs, officials announced Monday. Led by the revived Barbados chapter of the …

Mental health has emerged as a major concern among adolescents who have lost their fathers, with the founder-director of the FMH Sandy Lane Charitable Trust, Faith Marshall-Harris, saying the charity …