Mental Health and COVID-19

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The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10th October every year. The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to r...

Fowl who nah hear shoo, does feel boop

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There is an old saying that most Vincentians are familiar with. It goes something like this, “Fowl who nah hear shoo, does feel boop.” Normally, ...

Don’t Forget Our Children

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the lives and livelihood of many people. While children appear to be largely spared from the direct ...

How to Manage Isolation during COVID-19

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way that we operate. For many persons, remaining at home is not as easy as it may seem. Being in isolat...

Healthcare workers: voluntary or mandatory vaccination?

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Healthcare workers are at increased risk of contracting infectious diseases at work and further transmitting them to colleagues, patients and even the...

Mistrust is also driving Vaccine Hesitancy

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Last week, I wrote that misinformation was fuelling vaccine hesitancy. Many readers reached out to me and asked what about mistrust. I then decided to...

Misinformation fueling Vaccine Hesitancy

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HIGH LEVELS OF what is referred to as vaccine hesitancy exist in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccines in the coun...

Have you heard of Monkey Pox?

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New and emerging diseases continue to appear as we live in a world that is becoming extremely globalized. While globalization has its advantages, we m...

Let’s get on with business

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AS THE GLOBAL COVID-19 pandemic shows signs of improvement in some countries, most businesses have slowly started to return to normal operations. How...

Incentivizing the Covid-19 Vaccine

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PUBLIC HEALTH professionals are looking for ways to increase Covid-19 vaccination uptake. Despite the numerous disruptions from the ongoing pandemic,...