Ministry of Health - Measles Advisory

The Ministry of Health has been advised by the World HealthOrganization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of an outbreakof Measles at the Disneyland Resort in California in the United States of America (USA). Inaddition, cases are being reported in Canada and one case related to the Disneyland outbreak hasbeen reported in Mexico. Measles is a contagious disease charac... Read more...

Workshop to develop updated Infection Control Plan

February 19, 2015.   The Licensing and Accreditation Unit, Ministry of Health is conducting a consultation and review workshop with Infection Control Nurses and related health practitioners to update and produce the third edition of the National Guidelines on Infection Prevention and Control for Health Facilities. The workshop is taken place at the Central Information and Technology Office in Be... Read more...

Ceremony for the Launch of Services at the new NHI Provider Clinics in Corozal

The Ministry of Health held a ceremony to officially launch services for two new expanded National Health Insurance (NHI) provider clinics, Corozal Polyclinic II and Patchakan Presbyterian Clinic on Monday February 16th, 2015 at the Corozal Community Hospital Compound, Santa Rita Hill, Corozal Town. The Corozal Polyclinic II and Patchakan Presbyterian Clinic commenced services for registered pati... Read more...

Belize Host Stakeholder Consultation to Advance New Initiative to End AIDS by 2030

What will it take to end AIDS by 2030? This is the question that a new regional initiative is trying to answer. The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) initiated a Justice for All (JFA) Programme to achieve goals for ending HIV and AIDS in the region.Specific objectives surround elements which include enhancing family life, increasing access to treatment, reducing gender inequa... Read more...

Specific Procurement Notice : Supply and Delivery of Computer Equipment and Software

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE PROCUREMENT OF GOODSBELIZEIMPROVING CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN TOLEDO DISTRICTGrant No: TF099168Contract Title: Procurement of Computer Equipment and Software Reference No. Activity No. 3.2.1.21.    The Government of Belize has received a grant from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development toward the cost of the Project titled, Improving ... Read more...

Speicific Procurement Notice: Solar Photovoltaic Systems

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE PROCUREMENT OF GOODSBELIZEIMPROVING CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN TOLEDO DISTRICTGrant No: TF099168Contract Title: Procurement of Solar Photovoltaic SystemsReference No. Activity No. 3.2.1.4 1.    The Government of Belize has received a grant from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development toward the cost of the Project titled, Improving Childr... Read more...

Ministry of Health with Supporting Partners conducts Workshop for a National Laboratory Policy

Over the next two days, the Caribbean Med Lab Foundation (CMLF) supported by the Global Fund Project in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Belize Bureau of Standards will be conducting a workshop to develop a National Laboratory Policy and Regulatory Framework for Belize at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City. An official ceremony to open the workshop was conducted on the ... Read more...

Belize Officially Hands Over Pro-Tempore Presidency of COMISCA to Guatemala

Following two days of regional discussions at the XLI Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (COMISCA), Minister of Health Hon. Pablo Marin today officially transferred the Pro-tempore Presidency of COMISCA to the Minister of Health of Guatemala Luis Enrique Monterroso, who will now serve for the next six months. Minster of Health Ho... Read more...