CPS calls on community to adhere to hand hygiene and cough etiquette during flu season

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is calling on the community to practice hand hygiene and More...

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 Labour, has observed based on its communicable diseases More...

Remember Safe Holiday Meals

GREAT BAY – With the clock counting down to Christmas, families have already been looking at their holiday meals shopping requirements. Cooking up a storm for this holiday season is one of the Christmas traditions. Part More...

WHO calls on farmers and food industry to stop using antibiotics

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. The More...

Women invited to World Diabetes Day activities

GREAT BAY – November 14 is World Diabetes Day (WDD).  The 2017 focus of WDD is on women, and therefore, the country’s women are invited to attend the activities that have been organized on Tuesday, November More...