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The University of Belize Nursing students had their 4th annual reproductive health fair today.  Stay healthy!

"Fourth Year Nursing students at the University of Belize today held the fourth annual Reproductive Health Fair of the Faculty of Nursing, Allied Health, and Social Work at the University’s Central Campus in Belmopan.  Speaking to students, faculty, and staff, Guest Speaker, Minister of Health, Hon. Pablo Marin emphasized that, 'health is about our minds and bodies.  It is physical, mental, spiritual and emotional.  It is our most important asset!  We really should do everything we can to promote and preserve it.'  Activities at the event included presentations by students and different health tests such as blood pressure, pap smear, breast exam, and HIV."

Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow was in Cayo yesterday, at the Adjacency Zone, to celebrate vaccination week.  Polio has been almost irradicated due to vaccinations.

"Vaccination: An Act Of Love!  That's the theme for this year's vaccination week which was launched at the Belize/Guatemala Adjacency Zone yesterday.  Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow was invited to give symbolic polio vaccinations to children from both countries along with the newly appointed PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne; Belize's Minister of Health, Pablo Marin; and Guatemala's Minister of Health, Dr. Jorge Villavicencio Alvarez.  PAHO has been celebrating Vaccination Week in the Americas for over 10 years to raise awareness on vaccine-prevented diseases and the importance of vaccinations with a special focus on vulnerable populations."

Tomorrow, at the Cayo Welcome Center, you can get a free HIV test.  They'll be performing tests from 9:00am through 3:00pm.  Thanks go out to the Ministry of Health for putting this together.