The National AIDS Task Force is embarking on an ambitious drive, which it hopes will lead to the development of policies directly addressing the issues of H.I.V. and AIDS. The Task Force has organized the first in a series of consultation workshops for Thursday in Belize City, where top level personnel from various government ministries […]
The Belize Cancer Society today received over five thousand dollars from the Corozal Rotary Club. The money is the amount raised from the organization’s March ninth swim across the Corozal Bay. Handing over the check was Hernan Riverol, the President of the Corozal Rotary Club and receiving the money on behalf of the society was […]
A group of community minded people earlier this week traveled up the Western Highway, but their journey was not specifically to check out the beauty of the countryside. When members of the Belize City Hospital Auxiliary stopped in at Rockview, it was to celebrate an important milestone in the history of the local psychiatric institution. […]
Today Belize joins one hundred and ninety fellow members of the World Health Organization to observe World Health Day. This year’s theme for the occasion is one with which none of us could argue: “Let’s Work Together for Safe Motherhood”. This morning I attended a forum on the subject. The birth of a newborn baby […]
If you are a young child watching this newscast from your sickbed don’t feel sad… you’re not alone. An unusually large number of children — and adults — have been stricken with a disease that leaves them virtually incapacitated. While my own child was visiting the doctor’s office I took the opportunity to investigate. During […]
The Belize Diabetes Association is this weekend hosting a special concert for children. President of the Association, Beth McBride, says that since its formation in 1992, membership has been growing but not as fast as they were hoping, given the high incidence of the disease in Belize. This weekend’s concert in Belize City, McBride says, […]
They are often on the front lines of Belize’s war against disease and while their role is not without controversy, they are an indispensable part of our health care system. This morning I attended an exhibition by the nation’s pharmacists. Whether you were looking to build your muscles, smooth out your wrinkles or cure your […]
It may ultimately take the sudden death of a well known Belizean to shock the nation into safe sex, as no amount of education seems capable of slowing down the spread of AIDS in Belize. Authorities keep on fighting the good fight, however, as I discovered today at the Belize Institute of Management. The workshop […]
Concern about the recent detection of rabies in the Cayo District has spurred the Belize Humane Society and Animal Shelter to step up its campaign against the disease. The second in a series of free rabies clinics for dogs and cats will be held on Saturday at the Y.W.C.A. compound in Belize City. Maria Villanueva, […]
Over the years there have been no shortage of public events in support of worthy causes. But an upcoming event on the long Baron Bliss Holiday weekend will push the concept of fund raising to a new limit. The sometimes choppy waters of the Corozal Bay, will be the venue for this ambitious exercise. Over […]
In yesterday’s newscast we brought you the story of twenty one year old Deon Smith who continues to make slow but steady recovery from a bullet wound to his head. Tonight we bring you an update on the condition of a much younger victim of a similar incident. It will be almost one month since […]
It’s a phenomenon that is all too common in a small place like Belize. For years we’ve suffered with a medical system that, due to a lack of resources, is unable to provide an essential diagnostic tool like a cat-scan machine. Now all of a sudden, the country has two. Patrick Jones reports on one […]
At another brief ceremony in the Nation’s Capital British High Commissioner Gordon Baker this morning inaugurated a new thrift center for the Belmopan branch of the Belize Red Cross. The center, financed jointly by the Red Cross and British High Commission, will be used to store supplies, and its sales will generate funds to further […]
