The Ministry of Health and Social Development is charting the way towards improved health outcomes for people living with diabetes with the launch of care guidelines.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development will be launching the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s ‘Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes in Primary Care’ on Thursday July 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the lobby of the Dr. D. Orlando Smith hospital.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is leading the way to standardise the care and treatment of persons with diabetes through the launch of guidelines for the management of the disease.

Chief of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Services, Mrs. Gracia Wheatley-Smith has said her office is equipped with skills in signal detection and drug safety as part of ongoing efforts to enhance pharmacovigilance locally.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development will be hosting a seminar on Lupus to strengthen the capacity to identify, diagnose, treat and care for persons with the disease.

The BVI Health Services Authority has received a donation of Blood Bank equipment courtesy of the Rotary Club of Tortola.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development has launched a National Medicines and Therapeutics Committee as it continues to make strides to advance healthcare in the Territory.

Three nurses have been recognized for their excellence of service given towards to the advancement of healthcare within the Virgin Islands.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is conducting an assessment of the Primary Health Care System to strengthen and improve the delivery of health care in the Territory.

A call has been made for the people of the Virgin Islands to invest, protect, respect and value nurses as the Territory observes International Nurses Day today, May 12.