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Telemedicine to Cancer Screening: 5 Million Euro INTERREG CARES Projects to Boost OECS Health

Telemedicine to Cancer Screening: 5 Million Euro INTERREG CARES Projects to Boost OECS Health

OECS Media Release

Friday, November 9, 2018 — Improving health services for every citizen has been boosted with Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélémy and OECS Member States launching INTERREG CARES initiative (Cooperation, Accessibility, Referrals, E-Information System) in Saint Lucia on October 31, 2018.

The 5 million Euro project, funded by the European Union is designed to deepen health cooperation in the Eastern Caribbean through adoption of world class approaches and systems to health governance. 

Key points and Video Below:

  • INTERREG CARES to improve access of OECS nations to French health systems
  • Initiatives to improve health governance and coordination in the region 
  • Seventeen essential medical projects launched 
  • Focus on improving health care for every citizen of the OECS 

INTERREG CARES aspires to achieve multiple objectives, including deeper access by nationals of OECS Member States to health services in French Departments, better interconnectedness of regional health systems and building the capacity of health professionals and decision makers.

To ensure better access to French health systems, the Project is facilitating the implementation of harmonised fees and billing procedures, the coordination of medical data sharing and the creation of a unique identification numbers for patients of the OECS.

INTERREG CARES resulted from a close collaboration between OECS Member States and public / private health organisations of Guadeloupe and Martinique, including: 

  • the Regional Health Agencies of Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélémy and Martinique,
  • the Hospital University Centers of Martinique and Guadeloupe,
  • Basse-Terre Hospital Center
  • Maurice Selbonne Hospital Center
  • GCS Caraïbes et Archipel
  • Les Eaux Claires Clinical center
  • CAREST Association

The regional initiative includes seventeen projects which will be implemented in multiple specialized medical fields.

These include, telemedicine, anticipated cancer screening and treatments through new  technologies such as PETscan, screening of drepanocytose and HIV, orthopedic surgeries, pediatric surgery, cardiology, ophthalmology, emergency treatments, access to medical labs and assistance to the elderly. 

Projects are expected to be completed in December 2020.

The project led by the Regional Agency of Guadeloupe totals 5 millions Euros funded by two European Funds including 4 239 553 Euros mobilised through INTERREG funds and 483 341 Euros solicited to the European Development Funds (EDF). 

   This story aligns with OECS Strategic Objective No.1: Regional Integration.
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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has eleven members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. 

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