by Sharon Austin | Feb 25, 2020 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) Environmental health issues will take centre stage soon when members of staff attached to the Environmental Health Department of the St. Philip Polyclinic host a one-day educational seminar this Friday, February 28. It will be held at the St. Philip...
by Melissa Rollock | Jul 24, 2019 | banner, Top Stories
Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, inspects containers with mosquito larvae at different stages while touring the Insectary-in-a-Box. He is seen here with ZAP’s Regional Representative, Carolina Torres Gutierrez. (GP) Barbados...
by Kathyann Husbands | Nov 5, 2018 | Ministry News
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness will fog districts in Christ Church this week, as it continues its efforts to control the mosquito population in the south of the island. Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 6, the areas to be fogged are Lower...
by Joy Springer | Jan 16, 2018 | Top Stories
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health has stepped up fogging exercises on the south coast as it responds to an increase in the mosquito population in the area. Deputy Chief Environmental Health Officer, Ronald Chapman, speaking at a workshop today for food...
by Julie Carrington | Oct 20, 2017 | Ministry News
The Ministry of Health will continue its efforts to rid the island of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases by fogging a number of districts across the island. On Monday, October 23, the following districts in St. Philip will be sprayed: Apple Hall, Inchcape...