World AIDS Day: Know Your Status, End AIDS
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – World AIDS Day is celebrated each year on December 1st. It provides an opportunity to raise awareness, educate...
SMMC officially breaks ground for new hospital
CAY HILL -- During a well-attended ceremony and in witness of the Governor of St. Maarten his Excellency Drs. Eugene Holiday, Deputy Prime Minister...
Staying safe during the heat
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- The past week the community of St. Maarten has been enduring some very extremely hot days. Many persons have been...
Resistance in Gonorrhoeae: PAHO calls for strengthened surveillance and laboratory diagnostics
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – In light of increasing reports of extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World...
UPDATED Sint Maarten Travel Entry Requirements
UPDATED AS OF: Wednesday 25 November, 2020
The Government of Sint Maarten has updated its entry requirements to ensure continued safety of travelers and residents...
SMMC welcomes Cardiologist Dr. Emiko Bird
CAYHILL - St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) announced the in-service of Cardiologist Dr. Emiko Bird-Lake as of November 1.
“Dr. Bird brings to our patient...
CPS starts 2nd Breastfeeding Photo Competition
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – In connection with World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), Collective Prevention Service (CPS), a department in the Ministry of Public...
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine Resumes Classes in...
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four months after Hurricane Irma caused American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) to evacuate students and faculty from...
SMMC holds ESMP public consultation round
CAY HILL -- St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) held the recently announced public consultation round with regards to the draft Environmental and Social Management Plan...
PAHO announces that the American Region marks 25-years Polio Free
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – This week (August 23) marked 25-years since the last case of wild poliovirus in the Region of the...
