Tuberculosis and COVID-19: What health workers and authorities need to know

COVID-19: Considerations for tuberculosis (TB) care services As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to ensure that essential services and operations for dealing with long-standing health problems continue to protect the lives of people with TB and other diseases or health conditions. Health services, including national programmes to combat TB,…

PAHO Director to Health Ministers- “Reorganize health services to care for COVID-19 patients and save lives”

Washington, D.C., 18 March 2020 [PAHO] – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, today called on all countries in the Americas to take urgent action to reorganize their health services and protect health professionals in order to safely care for patients with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and save…

Breaking Belize News: “Census preparations still going as planned; the situation could change,” says SIB

Ву ВВN Ѕtаff: Тhе Ѕtаtіѕtісаl Іnѕtіtutе оf Веlіzе (ЅІВ) ѕауѕ thаt, thuѕ fаr, рrераrаtіоnѕ fоr thе uрсоmіng Рорulаtіоn аnd Ноuѕіng Сеnѕuѕ аrе рrосееdіng аѕ ѕсhеdulеd, but thе ѕіtuаtіоn соuld роѕѕіblу сhаngе dереndіng оn thе оngоіng соrоnаvіruѕ (СОVІD-19) раndеmіс. Тhе ЅІВ’ѕ Dерutу Dіrесtоr-Gеnеrаl, Dіаnа Саѕtіllо-Тrејо, tоld оur nеwѕrооm tоdау thаt thе іnѕtіtutе іѕ соnѕtаntlу mоnіtоrіng thе…

Training Commences for Belize’s 2020 Population and Housing Census Staff

With just two months remaining until the start of Belize’s 2020 Population and Housing Census, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) held its first round of training for census staff during the last two weeks in February.  The participants in this training were comprised mostly of permanent staff of various departments within the SIB, who…