Infection Prevention and Control in improving patient safety in the healthcare setting will be the focus of activities to observe Infection Control Week.

A lecture series titled “Oh Be Careful, Little Ears Can You Hear” that will focus on hearing impairment, diagnostics modalities of treatment and speech development will be launched next week.

Government officials met with residents living in the western communities of Tortola to discuss concerns on recent fires and waste management plans moving forward.

The Government of the Virgin Islands signed a contract with Autland Heavy Equipment Co. Limited to execute rehabilitation works at Windy Hill, Tortola under the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Project scope.

Heavy equipment operators have been trained to recognise the geological conditions of sites especially in terms of the excavation processes.

A 2^nd one-day forum to advance the strategy for the prevention and control of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) will be held in observance of Caribbean Wellness Day.

A Sickle Cell Conference will be held on Friday September 7 to share the latest information on revolutionary treatments for the disease.

Technicians at the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) are being trained to complete the installation of weather stations across the Territory.

A human chain will be formed at Long Bay Beach, Beef Island this Saturday, September 8 in observation of the 1^st anniversary of the passage of Hurricane Irma.

The deadline for written evidence to be submitted to the United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Affairs Select Committee Inquiry on the future of the UK’s Overseas Territories (OTs) has been extended to September 18.