Get ready for plain packaging. Tobacco deaths are preventable through tobacco control
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has highlighted the potential of plain tobacco packaging to reduce...
Minister Lee Commends SZV for Open Application Search for Board Members
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten -- On Thursday 10th December, In keeping with Minister Lee's desire for Government and Government affiliated entities to be more open...
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month
PHILIPSBURG – The month of September is recognized as Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The Sint Maarten Sickle Cell Foundation is reminding the people of...
Cole Bay next stop for free HIV Testing on Saturday
COLE BAY, Sint Maarten -- Cole Bay is the next stop for St. Maarten AIDS Foundation community outreach with free and confidential HIV testing day on Saturday,...
One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Launched
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2020 came to an end on November 24 with a number of civil...
SMMC Ear, Nose and Throat specialist visits school to talk noise prevention
SIMPSON BAY, Sint Maarten -- In what will be planned visits to various primary schools, Dr. Dick Wong Chung, one of the Ear, Nose...
New hope for dialysis patients at SMMC
CAY HILL - New transatlantic transplant collaboration between Amsterdam hospital and the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has led to a historic change for...
Ministry VSA, Inspector General and SZV agree to review medical referral process
PHILIPSBURG – “As mentioned after my visit to Colombia where I visited several hospitals and met with COOMEVA, it became very clear that the...
Terms of Reference of landfill should be improved
PHILIPSBURG - Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labour Emil Lee has asked the Health Inspector General’s Office, and the Pan-American Health Organization...
CPS calls on community to be observant for chicken pox
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a public health agency of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and...
