Citizens’ Educational Needs in an at-Risk Environment in Trinidad, West Indies

citizens’ educational needs in an at-risk environment in trinidad, west indies

trinidad is a small island developing state caught between the need to engage rapid development while respecting and preserving the environment. this study assessed citizens' education needs related to the environmental laws of trinidad and tobago. it focused on a densely populated, at- risk area of the country referred to as the east-west (e-w) corridor. two hundred (200) persons living along ...

Enzootic rodent leishmaniasis in Trinidad, West Indies.

Human cutaneous leishmaniasis is widely distributed in several countries of Central and South America. In recent years, workers in Mexico, Belize, Panama, and Brazil have shown quite convincingly that the disease exists as a zoonosis which only accidentally infects man with the parasite, and that wild animals (especially rodents) serve as the primary hosts. Three excellent papers have recently ...

Gastric carcinoma in the West Indies: a Trinidad study.

Gastric carcinoma, the commonest cause of death from malignant disease in Trinidad, has decreased steadily over the period 1968-1977. Of the 1052 deaths during this time, females accounted for a relatively high percentage (45%) of cases. There is a predominance of antral tumors, and most cases present with very advanced disease (88% with Stage III & IV). This results in a low resectability rate...

Incidence of tongue carcinoma in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

The incidence of tongue carcinoma in Trinidad and Tobago and the greater West Indies is unknown; therefore, the present study examines the frequency of tongue carcinoma cases, drawing comparisons to worldwide and regional data. A retrospective analysis of all confirmed cases of tongue carcinoma was conducted using eight years of data from the pathology records at the Port of Spain General Hospi...

Reptile Diversity in an Amazing Tropical Environment: the West Indies

Antimicrobial resistance of Gram-negative bacilli from an intensive care unit in Trinidad, West Indies.

We read the article by Orret,1 with interest and we would like to make a few comments. The 5-year surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility of various Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) in the General Hospital, San Fernando in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, incorporated an audit of the antimicrobials consumed by ICU patients.1 Certainly the recom...