Well being Minister, Sir Molwyn Joseph, says Antigua and Barbuda may change 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.
Molwyn, who was a part of the Antigua and Barbuda delegation that was headed by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, advised reporters on his return right here Monday night that the vaccine may change into a actuality inside two years.
“What excited me in China was the chance to study extra of what’s already there when it comes to science and expertise in coping with so most of the illnesses which can be taking the lives of Antiguans and Barbudans, similar to diabetes,” he advised reporters.
“I used to be blown away after we visited a hospital and we had been capable of see a bit of apparatus that not solely identified the affected person on the finish stage of the illness, however it’s an gear that may forecast the illness.”
He described the Chinese language strategy to well being care was very revealing and “they’ve the gear that provides them that capability, not just for diabetes however for most cancers screening.
“There’s a new expertise which we had been absolutely uncovered to, the place coping with most cancers could be like coping with a vaccine. They’re saying that they’re engaged on a vaccine that may forestall most cancers.
“Are you able to think about that, however not solely that, however they’re growing the expertise to present your physique the flexibility to struggle cancers and that expertise in line with the scientists is about two years away from maturing and we right here in Antigua and Barbuda can have the chance to be first in line for that expertise that may be shared with the remainder of the Caribbean,” he added.
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