Term of Reference - Project Coordinator, JSDF Project

JSDF GRANT FOR IMPROVING CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN LOCAL MAYAN COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT OF TOLEDO PROJECTTerms of Reference:  Program CoordinatorMinistry of HealthBackground:The Government of Belize with the support of a Grant from Japan under the Japanese Social Development Fund being administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) is undertak... Read more...

Request for statement of capability for JSDF Grant

MINISTRY OF HEALTHJSDF GRANT FOR IMPROVING CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN LOCALCOMMUNITIES IN TOLEDO DISTRICT PROJECTREQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF CAPABILITYThe Government of Belize with the support of a Grant from Japan under the Japanese SocialDevelopment Fund being administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment (World Bank) is undertaking the JSDF Grant for Improving ... Read more...

Ministry of Health and Belize Medical and Dental Association to hold regular meetings

Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr Peter Allen and Deputy Director of Health Services Dr Jorge Polanco held a cordial and productive meeting with the president of the Belize Medical and Dental Association, Dr Joel Cervantes and Association members: Dr Virginia Smith, Dr Ricardo Quetzal and Dr Natalia Rodriguez Castillo on Tuesday 13th December at the Ministry conference room in ... Read more...

A KHMH Miracle for Christmas and every season

At this time of year, when we celebrate the miracle of Christ’s birth, the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) has its own Christmas miracle to report.   A little over a month ago a mother gave birth to her first baby in a small private hospital in Belize - the baby was fine but something went terribly wrong for the young mother. She developed a mas... Read more...

Regional award for the Nutrition Unit

The Minister of Health, Hon. Pablo Marin and the management staff of the Ministry of Health congratulates Ms. Robyn Daly, Nutritionist in the Ministry of Health along with Ms. Melissa Belezaire Tucker, School Health and Nutrition Coordinator on receiving a regional award for Best Organizer of a National Competition as part of the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI) of Jamaica. The Second... Read more...

Mercury in Fish - Macal River

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Department of Environment and the Belize Electric Company (BECOL), has concluded another testing of mercury in fish from the Macal River.  The following Public Advisory is being issued to guide the general public on weekly consumption quantities of Bay-snook (Petenia splendid) from the Macal River to avoid ill effects due to mercury exposure.The l... Read more...

Ministry of Health conducts training to improve on Food Borne Disease (FBD) surveillance

The Ministry of Health is conducting Laboratory training this week for the staff of the Western Regional Hospital, Central Medical Laboratory, San Ignacio Laboratory and La Loma Luz Hospital. The training focuses on the isolation of Food sample that will better assist with Food Borne Disease surveillance.The training covers the identification of a wide scope of microorganisms that cause Food Borne... Read more...

More Belizeans benefit from dental service across the country

The Ministry of Health, Dental Health Department in collaboration with Belize Mission Project teamed up during the month of October to once again provide free dental service across the country.  The dental department is especially pleased that this effort assisted thirty four Belizeans with false teeth; giving the patients a brand new Belizean smile. Dr. Raphael Samos explained that the team was ... Read more...

Consultation workshop to develop National Alcohol Policy

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the National Drug Abuse Control Council and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a consultation workshop to develop a draft National Alcohol Policy for Belize on Tuesday, November 22nd at the Central Health Region Office conference room (Old Nursing School) Belize City.The main objective of the consultation was to define guidelines to r... Read more...

NOTICE: INVITATION TO TENDER

Notice is hereby given to interested persons to participate in the contract for Pharmaceuticals and related Medical Supplies of the Ministry of Health, Government of Belize for the period 2011-12.All interested persons are asked to contact the Office of the Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Health, Third Floor, East Block Building, Belmopan (Tel. 822-2325) for the documents and the guidelines f... Read more...

BZ$6 Million to improve health for the South

The Minister of Health, Hon. Pablo Marin is please to announce that Belize has been awarded  approximately BZ$6 Million in grant funding from the Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF) through the World Bank for a project to improve the health and nutrition of children in Mayan communities of the Toledo district. This grant donation was officially handed over at a ceremony on Tuesday October 25t... Read more...

Western Regional Hospital welcomes a set of triplets

The staff at Western Health Regional Hospital in Belmopan is pleased to announce the successful delivery of a set of triplet girls that took place this morning at approximately 9:51am to Ms. Irene Garcia and her common law husband Alfred Avilez.Dr. Melhem Ayala headed the team of doctors and nurse that carefully coordinated the delivery by caesarean section after thirty seven week of gestation. He... Read more...

Managing Diabetes in Belize

This protocol developed for the Management of Diabetes in Belize is adapted from the manual "Managing Diabetes in Primary Health Care in the Caribbean" as well as from the previous Ministry of Health Diabetes Outpatient Management Protocol.  The need for uniform guidelines for healthcare providers has become critical in Belize as morbidity and mortality related to this disease has shown significa... Read more...

Managing Hypertension in Belize

This protocol developed for the Management of Hypertension in Belize is adapted from the manual "Managing Hypertension in Primary Health Care in the Caribbean" as well as from the previous Ministry of Health Hypertension Outpatient management Protocol.  The need for uniform guidelines for healthcare providers has become critical in Belize as morbidity and mortality related to this disease has sho... Read more...