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News Barbados » Health: Barbados advances the development of the BMPA regulations through stakeholder consultations

News channel or source: https://www.paho.org/en/news/23-10-2026-barbados-advances-development-bmpa-regulations-through-stakeholder-consultations
Published on: Tuesday 20 October 2026

Bridgetown, Barbados, October 21, 2026.– Barbados has taken another significant step in the development of its national regulatory system for medicines and health technologies through a stakeholder ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados Health Ministry Announces Establishment of Climate Change Unit

News channel or source: https://www.caribjournal.com/2011/07/13/barbados-creates-climate-change-health-unit/
Published on: Wednesday 13 July 2011

The government of Barbados has established a climate change unit within its Ministry of Health as part of a commitment to the United Nations’ Global Environmental Facility project. Health Minister ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados eyes health tourism market

News channel or source: https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/barbados-eyes-health-tourism-market/
Published on: Thursday 03 June 2010

Barbados has outlined plans to develop its health and wellness tourism sector to help overcome the reliance of the country’s travel industry on seasonality and the vagaries of the global economic ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados health minister worried at high level of hypertension, diabetes

News channel or source: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2017/04/02/barbados-health-minister-worried-at-high-level-of-hypertension-diabetes/
Published on: Sunday 02 April 2017

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A national consultation for the development of the National Strategic Plan for Health 2017-2022, began on Monday with Health Minister John Boyce warning that end-stage ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados health project used for global initiative to reduce heart disease, stroke

News channel or source: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2017/08/31/barbados-health-project-used-for-global-initiative-to-reduce-heart-disease-stroke/
Published on: Thursday 31 August 2017

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A senior official of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a pilot project at two polyclinics, which was aimed at improving blood ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados gets 70 Cuban health workers

News channel or source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2022/06/08/news/regional/barbados/barbados-gets-70-cuban-health-workers/
Published on: Tuesday 07 June 2022

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ health care sector has been bolstered with the arrival of 70 Cuban medical practitioners, including four specialised doctors. Minister of State in the Ministry of Health Dr ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados Aims to Build Health and Wellness Travel Niche

News channel or source: https://www.travelmarketreport.com/health-wellness-travel/articles/barbados-aims-to-build-health-and-wellness-travel-niche
Published on: Wednesday 14 April 2010

Barbados wants to develop its health and wellness tourism business, which is seen as year-round business that can help the Caribbean nation’s travel industry meet the challenges of seasonality and the ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados Launching Updated Health Protocols for Visitors

News channel or source: https://www.caribjournal.com/2020/09/27/barbados-launching-stricter-health-protocols-for-visitors/
Published on: Sunday 27 September 2020

The island of Barbados has announced an update to its travel protocols for visitors, headlined by new testing requirements and required self-monitoring throughout a visitor’s stay. That includes the ...

News Barbados » Health: Barbados Ministry of Health and Wellness

News channel or source: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-outputs/Barbados/Barbados%20Ministry%20of%20Health%20and%20Wellness/513906c334d6b65e6a0008e1
Published on: Wednesday 30 April 2025

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The ...