Ministry of Health and Wellness

Recent papers from Ministry of Health and Wellness

1. No time to wait: A regional model for inter-epidemic vector-borne disease preparedness in the CaribbeanRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública · 2026
2. Candidate Interventions for Integrating Hypertension and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Care in Primary Health Settings: HEARTS 2.0 Phase 1Global Heart · 2025
3. The Use of Alternative Feed Sources in Giant Freshwater Shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) Postlarval Production in Saint Lucia: A ReviewJournal of Shellfish Research · 2024
4. The Jamaica Salt Consumption Study Protocol: Sodium Intake; Sodium Content in Restaurant Foods; Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices; Spot Urine Sodium ValidationF1000Research · 2023
5. Update on the Geographic Distribution of the Intermediate Host Snails of Schistosoma mansoni on St. Lucia: A Step Toward Confirming the Interruption of Transmission of Human SchistosomiasisAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023
6. Implementation of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Caribbean: Lessons learned for sustainability in resource-limited settingsPLOS Global Public Health · 2023
7. Global disparities in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillanceNature Communications · 2022
8. Improving cardiovascular health in primary care in Saint Lucia through the HEARTS InitiativeRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública · 2022
9. Drivers and scorecards to improve hypertension control in primary care practice: Recommendations from the HEARTS in the Americas Innovation GroupSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2022
10. Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA): A Highly Sensitive Diagnostic Biomarker to Detect Active Schistosoma Infections—Improvement and Use during SCOREAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020
11. Evaluation, Validation, and Recognition of the Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen, Urine-Based Assay for Mapping Schistosoma mansoni InfectionsAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020
12. Survey of Schistosomiasis in Saint Lucia: Evidence for Interruption of TransmissionAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020
13. Standardized Point Prevalence Survey on Antibiotic Use to Inform Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies in the CaribbeanOpen Forum Infectious Diseases · 2019
14. Training needs assessment of health care professionals in a developing country: the example of Saint LuciaBMC Medical Education · 2016
15. AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices (KABP) in Two Caribbean Countries: A Comparative Analysis1Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 1993
16. The age of infection with varicella-zoster virus in St Lucia, West IndiesEpidemiology and Infection · 1993
17. The relationship betweenTrichuris trichiuratransmission intensity and the age-profiles of parasite-specific antibody isotypes in two endemic communitiesParasitology · 1992
18. Seroepidemiological study of the transmission of the mumps virus in St Lucia, West IndiesEpidemiology and Infection · 1989
19. Epidemiology and population dynamics of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection in the same communityTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1987
20. Sigmoidoscopy in children with chronic mucoid diarrhoea in rural St. LuciaAnnals of Tropical Paediatrics · 1987