The AIDS hotline is T4527170. As on most Caribbean islands, there is dengue fever, carried by the mosquito, Aedes egyptii so take anti-mosquito repellent. Despite the breeze, the sun is strong. Take particular care with children, who are often seen terribly burned, keep them in T-shirts. Most villages have health centres.
Drinking water is safe in most towns and villages.
Many rivers, however, cannot be described as clean and it is not recommended that you swim or paddle in them unless you are far upstream. There is bilharzia . If there has been very heavy rain there is often no water supply. This is because the intake pumps at the rivers clog up with silt and the water authority has to shut off all the pumps and clean them out before they can start pumping again. Hotels usually provide bottled water for drinking when this happens.