Caribbean countries

BLACK LIVES MATTER in CSIM 2019

BLACK LIVES MATTER resonated in the program of the Caribbean Science and Innovation Meeting back in 2019 (CSIM 2019). The organizers, the Caribbean Academy of Sciences, CARISCIENCE, Caribbean Science Foundation, and the Université de les Antilles in Guadeloupe dedicate a day to reflect on our past and present visiting the Memorial ACTe on the history …

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The Cuban Researchers in the UK

Cuban academics and researchers working in the United Kingdom will gather to discuss initiatives regarding collaboration within the community and with colleagues from institutions in Cuba and Europe. The event will take place in the Friends House (Margaret Fell Room, 173-177 Euston Road, London W1 2BJ) on the 26th of September 2020, between 1:30 to …

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Pan American Health Organization strengthen capacities among the Caribbean States to fight covid-19 pandemic

The Pan American health organization (PAHO) begun preparing laboratories in the Caribbean region to perform early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 (now covid-19) since 12th February by training virologists from Central America and the Caribbean (Cuba and the Dominican Republic).

Caribbean Science and Innovation Meeting 2019

Researchers from the region gathered last month in Guadeloupe to discuss common problems and the ways of targeting them by broadening cooperation and links between Caribbean academic research and industry. The Caribbean Science and Innovation Meeting 2019 hosted by the Université des Antilles aimed to harness positive experiences from previous meetings organized by the Caribbean …

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PHARMACOLOGY HAVANA 2019: Biomedicine and Pharmaceuticals serving society

The Cuban Society of Pharmacology will be gathering academics, researchers and health professionals of related disciplines to offer a unique interactive platform focusing on major therapeutic breakthroughs and drug discoveries: from basic to applied pharmacology. The event will take place in the Hotel Tryp Habana Libre in Vedado from 27th to 31st October.

Community Health Workers (CHW) at the core of Dominica’s transformation in primary health service

Dominica is transforming the health system aiming to achieve universal coverage and access, in a people- and community-centred programme. Triggered by the devastation suffered in the community after Hurricane Maria in September 2017 the country was since committed to strengthening the health system and primary health care services. This month Pan American Organization reports.

4th DNA Repair/Replication Structures and Cancer

Organized by the group Fusion-Conferences, this meeting in Nassau, Bahamas will gather distinguished leaders and young investigators in the narrow field of DNA Repair/Replication Structures and Cancer. Participants from multidisciplinary backgrounds aim to understand the molecular basis underlying mechanisms linked to human diseases, particularly those macromolecular complexes involved in the DNA damage response.