JOHNS Hopkins Medicine, one of the world’s top medical institutions, has expressed interest in exploring the merits of a strategic “Nation Health Services Agreement” with the Bahamas government to create a Caribbean Centre of Excellence to transform the delivery of healthcare in our nation, said Health Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday. 

Calling a possible partnership “exciting” - with the possibility of cross-training and educational opportunities, access to cutting edge treatment and public health collaboration with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, School of Nursing and Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Public Health - Dr Sands said consideration of the proposal is in the earliest stages, with an initial letter submitted a few weeks ago...

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