World Day for Safety and Health at Work –  Stop The Pandemic: Safety And Health At Work Can Save Lives!  This year, the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) will utilize the World Day for Safety and Health at Work held on April 28, 2020 to focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at […]

The North West Regional Health Authority   Tips from Your Pharmacist!   Watch our vlog below for key tips from your pharmacist ! More often than not, patients don’t fully understand their prescription which can often leave them vulnerable. So, we have come up with a few vlogs from the pharmacy department which gives an in-depth […]

Cervical Cancer is Preventable! The vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is effective and safe. It protects against infection with HPV, which causes cervical cancer. All adult women should undergo periodic cervical cancer screening via a Pap smear test to detect lesions in the cervix that, if left untreated, can develop into cervical cancer. Pap […]

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, impacting 2.1 million women each year, and also causes the greatest number of cancer-related deaths among women. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Trinidad and Tobago, accounting for 21.6% of all new cases at the National Radiotherapy Centre in St James in 2018 […]

Join the North West Regional Health Authority for its 3rd annual Research Day 2019 – which is to be commemorated on Friday 29th November, 2019 at the Government Campus Plaza Auditorium from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.   The theme of the event is “Innovation in Healthcare” and the Trinidad-born President Of Howard University, Dr. Wayne […]

The NWRHA has embarked on a series of preventative health interventions which are community-based and approach health in a holistic manner through empowering individuals to improve their health. This Sunday 20th October at the Port-of-Spain Central Market, Beetham Highway, the NWRHA will be observing a Breast Cancer Awareness health fair. At our health fairs, we […]

The NWRHA has embarked on a series of preventative health interventions which are community-based and approach health in a holistic manner through empowering individuals to improve their health. This includes our Care Fairs which offer free health screening services and a suite of health services aimed towards the early detection and prevention of Communicable and […]

Join the NWRHA Workout Challenge for September 2019 Step 1: Send a 15 second video of you performing the daily exercise to 868-778-2315. Step 2: Continue sending in the workout videos each day. Step 3: At the end of the stipulated period, 20 persons will be selected to receive prizes.

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is celebrated annually on 1st to 7th August. The theme for this year’s WBW was “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding”. This year, the NWRHA hosted an event on 7th August, 2019 at the Antenatal Clinic of the Port of Spain General Hospital in recognition of this observance. The NWRHA event encompassed segments […]