ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Well being Minister Sir Molwyn Joseph says Antigua and Barbuda may develop into the primary nation within the Caribbean to supply a most cancers prevention vaccine after it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a hospital in China final week.
Sir Molwyn, a part of the Antigua and Barbuda delegation that Prime Minister Gaston Browne headed, informed reporters on his return right here Monday night that the vaccine may develop into a actuality inside two years.
“What excited me in China was the chance to study extra of what’s already there by way of science and know-how in coping with many ailments which can be taking the lives of Antiguans and Barbudans, similar to diabetes.
“I used to be blown away once we visited a hospital, and we had been in a position to see a bit of apparatus that not solely recognized the affected person on the finish stage of the illness, however it’s an tools that may forecast the illness,” he informed reporters.
He described the Chinese language strategy to well being care as very revealing: “They’ve the tools that offers them that capability, not just for diabetes however for most cancers screening.
“There’s a new know-how which we had been absolutely uncovered to, the place coping with most cancers could be like coping with a vaccine. They’re saying they’re engaged on a vaccine to stop most cancers.
“Are you able to think about that? Not solely that, however they’re growing the know-how to offer your physique the flexibility to battle cancers, and that know-how, in accordance with the scientists, is about two years away from maturing. We right here in Antigua and Barbuda may have the chance to be first in line for that know-how that may be shared with the remainder of the Caribbean,” he added.
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