British Honduras annual medical report for the year ending 31st December, 1953 addresses the development and welfare schemes; housing issues; public health including communicable diseases; medical institutions; preventive measures; and hospital services. With regards to the Communicable Diseases statisti...
The Belize National Plan of Actionfor the Prevention and Control of Non communicable
Diseases (NCDs) 2013-2023(NCDs)aims to reduce the premature mortality caused by the four
major NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and lung disease) by 25% by 2023. This
will be achieved through policy and ad...
This was a mixed-methods study aimed to comprehensively assess factors
associated with mosquito control in Belmopan, Belize, in order to better inform
stakeholders on the effectiveness of their efforts. A knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions
(KAP) survey was employed within the four target communitie...
The document is a compilation of the weekly surveillance of the confirmed and suspected (clinical and test) cases of Zika in the Orange Walk district recorded by the EPI Unit of the Ministry of Health, Belize for 2017. This information is captured and reported according to sex....
Dengue is one of the most important vector borne diseases, with millions of cases
occurring yearly and with billions found in risk areas. Eliminating water-holding containers
where mosquitoes oviposit and develop can help manage urban disease-vector mosquitos. Thus, a water holding container eradicatio...
The knowledge of the presence of Aedes Spp. mosquitoes is very important for the prevention and control of emerging and remerging diseases caused by Arboviruses such as: Yellow fever, Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika. While Chikungunya and Dengue are endemic to Belize, Zika is currently a threat with local ...
This report represents a compilation of 2016 statistics based on 52 weeks of epidemiologic surveillance of the Zika virus disease by the EPI Unit, Ministry of Health, Belize. Four tables with corresponding graphs provide a breakdown of the confirmed, suspected (clinical), and suspected (by test)) cases o...
This document is a compilation of the dengue tests done by and recorded by the EPI Unit of the Ministry of Health, Belize for 2011. This information has been captured, collated and reported according to district, sex and age group....
Aldo I, Ortega-Morales;
Pedro, Mis-Avila;
Marco, Domínguez-Galera;
Guillermo, Canul-Amaro;
Jorge, Esparza-Aguilar;
Juan, Carlos-Azueta;
Saúl, Badillo-Perry;
Pablo, Marin;
Jorge, Polanco;
Ildefonso, Fernández-Salas.
The first confirmed record of Stegomyia albopicta (Skuse) [Aedes albopictus (Skuse)] for Belize was made at Benque Viejo del Carmen, District Del Cayo, from a mosquito landing on a human on 6 August 2009....
The main goal of this assessment is to determine the present and future occurrence of dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and to measure its impact on the health care system and population in terms of morbidity and mortality, also to measure the socio-economic impact of adaptation measures. The met...
