William and Kate cancel Belize village trip due to protests
Chairman of Indian Creek village tells media residents don’t want Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to land helicopter there #indiancreek #williamandkate #villagetrip #mediaresidents (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Royals Forced To Cancel First Stop Of Caribbean Tour After Local Protest And Claims Of ‘Colonialism’
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been forced to cancel the first big engagement of their Caribbean tour, following a village protest in Belize and claims of “colonialism”. The roy… #royals #villageprotest (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Start of Prince William and Kate Middleton's Caribbean tour marred by Belize protest
Prince William and Kate Middleton will not visit a cacao farm in an indigenous region of Belize after local villagers staged a protest against their arrival. #villagers #cacaofarm #katemiddleton #princewilliam (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
17 Covid Cases Found Aboard Cruise Ship in New Orleans
The Norwegian Cruise Line ship, carrying more than 3,200 people, made stops in Belize, Honduras and Mexico. A crew member probably has the Omicron variant, health officials said. #crewmember #healthofficials #neworleans #norwegiancruiseline (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A multiple streams framework approach to access to domestic violence services in an indigenous community - Hoare I, Agu N, Falope O, Wesley CA, Coulter M.
This article focuses on access to domestic violence services within Belize. Using data from community asset mapping, interviews with key informants, and focus groups with community members, the multiple streams framework was used to identify potential area... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
COVID-19 Outbreak Reported on Carnival Cruise Ship
FRIDAY, Aug. 13, 2021 -- A COVID-19 outbreak on a Carnival Cruise Line ship that sailed from Galveston, Texas, to Belize is one of the largest reported on a vessel sailing from the United States since cruises relaunched this summer.
The 27 cases on... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 13, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
"Man a kill a man for nutin": gang transnationalism, masculinities, and violence in Belize City - Baird A.
Belize has one of the highest homicide rates in the world; however, the gangs at the heart of this violence have rarely been studied. Using a masculinities lens and original empirical data, this article explores how Blood and Crip "gang transnationalism" f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Coronavirus Outbreak on Carnival Cruise Ship
FRIDAY, Aug. 13, 2021 -- A coronavirus outbreak on a Carnival Cruise Line ship that sailed from Galveston, Texas, to Belize is one of the largest reported on a vessel sailing from the United States since cruises relaunched this summer.
The 27 cases... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
27 people aboard Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19
The Belize Tourism Board says 27 people aboard a Carnival cruise tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
On World Malaria Day, We Must Step Up Efforts to Combat Malaria
Distribution of mosquito nets in Kadiolo, region of Sikasso, Mali June 2020. Credit: PSI, A US based NGO. The UN commemorates World Malaria Day on Sunday April 25. By Hervé VerhooselGENEVA, Apr 23 2021 (IPS) Despite its 229 million cases and 409,000 deaths in 2019, malaria is an overlooked epidemic. The emergence of COVID-19 has thrown health systems into disarray and forced countries to shift their focus from malaria to the pandemic response, threatening to reverse 20 years of malaria gains.
Now, as we enter the second year of the pandemic, the global response to COVID-19 must not come at the expense of progress against...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Herve Verhoosel Tags: Aid Development & Aid Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Pandemic Accentuates Need for Caribbean Countries to Improve Food and Nutrition Security
Jaxine Scott displays some vegetables in her backyard garden at her Kingston, Jamaica home. Credit: Kate ChappellBy Kate ChappellKINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 2 2021 (IPS) Last year, Jaxine Scott was off work as a caregiver at a primary school as a result of the pandemic. One day, she noticed a green shoot emerging from some garlic in her fridge. She decided to plant it, and to her surprise, it thrived. “I thought ‘It looks like I have a green thumb, let me plant something else,’” Scott says. She now has a backyard garden, including cucumber, pumpkin, melon, callaloo, cantaloupe, pak choy and tomatoes. “It makes me feel...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kate Chappell Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Food & Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Labour Latin America & the Caribbean TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
NASA images reveal important forests and wetlands are disappearing in Belize
(University of Texas at Austin) Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have mapped changes in the landscape of northwestern Belize over a span of four decades, finding significant losses of forest and wetlands, but also successful regrowth of forest in established conservation zones that protect surviving structures of the ancient Maya. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 15, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
A natural protection racket among damselfish and mysid shrimp
(University of Delaware) In nature, there are examples of animals helping one another and living in mutually beneficial relationships that have helped shape the world's landscapes and biodiversity. New research from the University of Delaware has found one of these domesticator-domesticate relationships undersea, in the waters off Belize, where damselfish provide multigenerational support/protection to mysid shrimp in exchange for a resource or service that benefits both species. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 18, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Argentina ’s Abortion Legislation Sparks Hope in Caribbean Region
Member of Parliament Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn. Credit: Kate Chappell By Kate ChappellKINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 12 2021 (IPS) It was a joyful, tearful celebration in the early morning hours of Dec. 30, 2020 for countless Argentinians when they heard the news: the senate had legalized terminations up to 14 weeks of pregnancy. Prior to this, activists have said that more than 3,000 women died of botched, illegal abortions since 1983. And across the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, this renewed sense of optimism was compounded after President Joe Biden rescinded what is known as the “global gag rule,” which essentially...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kate Chappell Tags: Crime & Justice Economy & Trade Education Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Source Type: news
Rapper Shyne Barrow Is Elected to Belize's House of Representatives
The prime minister's son and former rapper, Moses "Shyne" Barrow, won the Mesopotamia seat in Belize City for the House of Representatives. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
