Being a young mother should not mean being left behind. Castries, Saint Lucia. 12 October 2026.  Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week in the Caribbean 2026 is observed under the theme “Helping Adolescent Mothers Thrive: Preventing Unintended Repeat Pregnancies and Building Healthy Futures”.This year’s observance shifts from focusing only on preventing a first pregnancy, to ensuring that[…]

The Caribbean Technical Assistance and Education Centre for Health (C-TECH), as an implementing partner to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), participated in the handover of Dignity Kits and Inter-Agency Reproductive Health (IARH) Kits to strengthen Jamaica’s emergency maternal and reproductive health response.

C-TECH’s Executive Director, Dr. Natalie Irving-Mattocks was invited by the OECS Commission to participate in and present at the Inaugural Meeting of the Joint Council of Ministers: Health, Human & Social Development & Education in the eastern Caribbean. The meeting was co-chaired by Honourable Geoffrey Hanley, Minister of Education & Social Development, Saint Kitts &[…]