by Sheena Forde-Craigg | Dec 6, 2023 | Top Stories
Senior Medical Officer at the Frederick ‘Freddie” Miller Polyclinic, Carl Ward, explaining how the Doppler ultrasound machine works to Luther Miller, Dame Billie Miller, and Cecille Miller, as acting Chief Medical Officer, Arthur Phillips, looks on. (S....
by Joy-Ann Gill | Jul 6, 2022 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
(Ministry of Health and Wellness) While the health sector has a crucial leadership role in shaping and guiding the COVID-19 response, corporate entities, civil society, and communities are also being seen as “well positioned to contribute to the response”. This...
by Nya Phillips | Aug 12, 2021 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
Senior Medical Officer (NCDs) in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Arthur Phillips, said continuous monitoring was being done by the Adverse Events Surveillance Committee. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Public health authorities have not recorded significant adverse...
by Joy Springer | Aug 12, 2020 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to be concerned about the “subtle and not so subtle” marketing of unhealthy food to children. Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Arthur Phillips, said today that the development of chronic diseases such as diabetes...
by Joy Springer | Jun 13, 2020 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
Senior Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Arthur Phillips (left), and China’s Ambassador to Barbados, Yan Xiusheng, during the handover. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The Ministry of Health and Wellness received further support for its response to the public health challenge of COVID-19...