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…

Economy declines 2.8% in fourth quarter, consumer prices up 0.2%, and both imports and domestic exports down 0.6% and 59.7% respectively in January 2020.

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and the 4th quarter 2019 gross domestic product.   Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index stood at 105.0 in January 2020. An increase of 0.2 percent from 104.8 in…

Consumer prices up 0.2%, both imports and domestic exports up 6.4% and 18.9% respectively

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for December 2019 stood at 105.2, an increase of 0.2 percent from 105.0 in December 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.2 percent higher than they…

SIB and StatCan Host Workshops on Data Sharing Protocols and SDMX

The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), in partnership with Statistics Canada (StatCan), hosted two workshops at the Belize Institute of Management in Belize City, over the three days from November 12th to 14th, 2019. The workshops, one on Data Sharing Protocols and another on Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX), were attended by representatives from…

Consumer prices down 0.1%, both imports and domestic exports down 0.6% and 7% respectively

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for September 2019 stood at 105.3, a decrease of 0.1 percent from 105.4 in September 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.1 percent lower than they…