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The clinic in East End has closed its doors. Staff at the Anegada clinic recently fell ill because of poor working conditions. Major repairs at the main clinic on Virgin …
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About 40 healthcare stakeholders gathered last Thursday to provide feedback for an upcoming strategic plan designed to inform the operations of the BVI Health Services Authority for the next five …
For Humphry Leue, the Cancer Screening Project he helped launch last week is meaningful on a very personal level. “I myself was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer about two years …
The Virgin Islands has become the second United Kingdom overseas territory to introduce a UK-supported initiative designed to boost healthcare standards by training non-regulated medical staff. The Care Certificate Programme, …
On Friday in the House of Assembly, Health and Social Development Minister Vincent Wheatley disclosed the amounts the National Health Insurance programme paid to the top five local healthcare providers …
Continue reading “In five years, NHI paid five providers $90m”
The BVI Health Services Authority has partnered with a United Kingdom-based company to help standardise the quality of emergency-response training for healthcare workers in the Virgin Islands. The initiative, which …
Over the past week, legislators passed four out of five bills designed to improve the governance of statutory bodies as the House of Assembly addressed its final reform recommendation from …
Virgin Gorda residents who spoke at a recent community meeting argued forcefully that improving their island’s healthcare system should be an urgent government priority. They are right. And the same …
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With the worst of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the BVI Health Services Authority announced on Nov. 24 that it is refocusing its efforts on bolstering non-emergency care and …
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As the territory grapples with a shortage of nurses and other medical professionals, the BVI Health Services Authority is recruiting staff from Cuba, Ghana and the Philippines, according to Health …
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During an emergency meeting on July 29, the House of Assembly approved the appointment of a new BVI Health Services Authority Board chairman, Moleto Smith Jr., who is based in …
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Six months have passed since the first two cases of Covid-19 were announced in the Virgin Islands on March 25, and government decisions to control the virus have been met …
Continue reading “ANALYSIS: Six months into Covid-19, uncertainty remains”
