(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  In a region where people move freely, there is growing concern in the Caribbean over the spread of the H1N1 Virus, and this has prompted Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) in Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to meet in an emergency session to craft protocols specific to the Region on how to tackle this global pandemic.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The consolidation of five institutions that provide public health services in the Caribbean Community and the operation of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/Aids (PANCAP) Coordinating Unit will be among the issues in the health sector that will be up for discussion by CARICOM Heads of Government when they meet in Guyana 2-5 July 2009.

Both issues featured prominently in the 2001 Nassau Declaration “The Health of the Region is the wealth of the Region” that was issued by CARICOM Heads of Government.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Tourism, Agriculture, Services, Free Movement of Skills within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) are among the major agenda items in the Economic Development cluster of the upcoming Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meet in Georgetown, Guyana, July 2-5, 2009, matters of importance on the climate change agenda will be among global issues that will engage their attention.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Some of the leading businesses in Guyana have thrown their full support behind the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Annual 10K Road Race set to take place in Guyana on 28 June 2009.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Guyana’s Alika Morgan, reigning female champion for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Annual 10K Road Race is set to compete on home turf when the fifth staging of the 10K Race opens on Sunday 28 June, just a couple of days before the 30th Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government in Guyana.

A fifth victory in her own backyard would not only seal Morgan as the invincible queen of the road but would be a fitting tribute to her country and President H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, the incoming Chairman of CARICOM.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Gynaecologists and obstetricians within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be better equipped to detect and treat early stages of Cervical Cancer following their participation in a series of training interventions in colposcopy and treatment of pre-invasive cervical cancer.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean negotiators have come out of the first round of negotiations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Text of the draft Declaration for a New Climate Change Agreement very optimistic that significant common understanding has been built to facilitate the negotiations, when the UN Conference of Parties (COP 15) meet in Copenhagen in December.