Meet Dr. Farley R. Cleghorn - MD, MPH
Dr Farley Cleghorn says: The only way to end the pandemic and to return to some semblance of normalcy is by vaccination. ANSA McAl has embarked on a regional public...
Video Series on HIV Self-testing
PART 1 – “It’s time for a policy on HIV self-testing” As we continue to navigate COVID-19, it is important to note that HIV self-testing offers an easy and reliable way...
Your Health - Our Passion - Quality Matters
In these challenging times, CMLF is seizing the opportunity to remind our valued partners and stakeholders of how important it is to keep our focus on quality and access to...
A call for Caribbean countries to adopt HIV self-testing
PRESS RELEASE As COVID-19 reduces access to HIV testing services, AIDS response partners call for Caribbean countries to adopt HIV self-testing KINGSTON, 1 December 2020—On the occasion of World AIDS...
COVID causes reduction in HIV/AIDS testing
A 69 per cent reduction in facility and community-based HIV testing services due to COVID-19 is putting people with undiagnosed HIV at risk of not getting lifesaving antiretroviral treatment potentially...
HIV/Syphilis Rapid Testing Portal
As we celebrate World AIDS Day in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, CMLF launches its new website and invites you to visit our HIV and Syphilis Rapid Testing...
U.S. investigating first cases of "concerning" new drug-resistant gonorrhea strain
Health authorities in Massachusetts announced Thursday they have identified two cases of a new strain of gonorrhea that appears to have developed resistance to a broad swath of antibiotic treatments....
Why maggots are a medical marvel
What do Genghis Khan, the American Civil War and the UK’s health service have in common? The answer is, perhaps surprisingly, maggots. Dr Erica McAlister, an entomologist and Senior Curator...
Parliament passes law to regulate medical labs
Parliament has passed a law regulating the operations of medical laboratories in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, giving current laboratories nine months in which to obtain a licence or cease...
Monkeypox Virus Infection Resulting from an Occupational Needlestick — Florida, 2022
In August 2022, the Florida Department of Health notified CDC of a nurse who acquired monkeypox through an occupational exposure while providing care to a patient with monkeypox. To date,...
The WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. “I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO...
REOI - Development of OECS Multi-Sectoral Multi-Hazard Emergency Preparedness, Mitigation, Response and Recovery Measures
NAME OF PROJECT – OECS REGIONAL HEALTH PROJECT GRANT NO.: D513 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF OECS MULTI-SECTORAL MULTIHAZARD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY MEASURES INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT Reference No. LC-OECS...
Our Vision, Mission and Objectives
CMLF Vision The regional champion for best practice in Medical Laboratory Services. CMLF Mission Promote and support the achievement of quality laboratory services in accordance with appropriate standards, through advocacy,...
About CMLF
The Caribbean Med Labs Foundation, based in Trinidad and Tobago, is a non-governmental organisation established in response to a request from CARICOM Ministers of Health in June 2007. The Ministers...
