Published in Cureus
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global crisis and has affected the Caribbean islands, leading to significant health and socioeconomic consequences in this region. Efforts to mitigate the burden of this disease have led to an accelerated amount of research in the English-speaking Caribbean (ESC). This bibliometric analysis aimed to evaluate the C...
In recent years, with the continuous expansion of the global cruise tourism market, global and regional cruise shipping networks have gradually formed and improved. Among them, the Caribbean cruise shipping network is particularly mature and complex, with a typical regional spatial organization. This paper takes cruise routes as the starting point ...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created severe humanitarian and socio-economic constrains in the world. The health crises caused by COVID-19 has focused on consistent co-operation and strong bonding between the developed, developing and the under-developed countries to overcome this challenging pandemic.
Published in Psychology, health & medicine
The goal of the study was to estimate associations of loneliness with poor mental health, social-environmental and health risk behaviour indicators among adolescents in the Caribbean. Cross-sectional national 'Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)' data of four Caribbean countries (N = 9,143 adolescents) in 2016-2017 were analysed. In ad...
Markers are being validated in elite breeding lines from CIAT/FLAR. Data is already available from about 1500 F5 lines and a second phase of validation is on going.
HarvestPlus developed the Biofortification Priority Index (BPI) in 2013. The latest version has new varieties released data and the latest evidence on impact from 128 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The study assesses the qualitative effects of COVID in the region. The title in English is: COVID-19 Effects in the rice sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
The "Agua de Honduras" platform, initially developed and piloted in western Honduras, is now an indispensable decision-support system for the south of the country as well. While it is being extended to facilitate water planning in the country's main basins with new flood analyses and capabilities, AGRI (AGua para RIego), its most attention-grabbing...
Published in Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
To develop an evidence-based, culturally tailored, diabetes self-management education and support programme for Black-British adults, called Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D), using participatory methods to engage key stakeholders in the intervention design process. Black-British adults living with type 2 diabetes, healthca...
Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
The worldwide use of medicinal plant products has been steadily increasing over the past few decades, whereas the traditional knowledge and practices of these botanical medicines appears to be diminishing. Considering the need to conserve and document these traditions, the objective of this study was to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and prac...
