ABSTRACT The Ministry of Health and Environment (MoHE) of the Commonwealth of Dominica identified the need for a knowledge management strategy to advance the country's national health agenda. The Pan American Health Organization and the MoHE conducted a rapid situation analysis of knowledge management in...
ABSTRACT The 2014 enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) outbreak in the United States raised concerns about the introduction of the virus in the Caribbean region. The objective of this study was to provide rapid evidence of the introduction of EV-D68 strains in the Caribbean region during the 2014 outbreak in the Uni...
Little is known about the perception of mental illness in the English-speaking Caribbean. This study was conducted in 1995 to determine the attitudes, knowledge, and help-seeking practices for emotional disorders in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Two groups in Dominica were surveyed: 67 community leaders,...
Tres estudios recientes analizaron el grado de deficiencia de vitamina A, betacarotenos y hierro en Jamaica, Antigua y Barbuda, Dominica, San Vicente y las Granadinas y Guyana. Todos los estudios fueron efectuados por el Instituto Caribeño de Alimentación y Nutrición, o en colaboración con él. En to...
Examines the situation of women and children in Dominica. Overviews the social and economic situation in the country. Considers, the health status of children by looking at health and nutrition; the health status of women by looking at health, reproduction and nutrition; the environment; the health secto...
Low birth weight (LBW) is highly associated with neonatal death and long-term pediatric morbidity. The causes of LBW and possible intervention strategies to prevent it are being extensively studied in the developed countries. However little information is available concerning this problem in the Caribbea...
