A call is being made for greater collaboration between scientists and medical professionals to better understand the health impact of African dust on people in Barbados and the Caribbean.

The call comes from Head of the Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory and Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami, Dr Cassandra Gaston, as the organisation celebrates 60 years of measurements at its Ragged Point site in St Philip.

The site helps to provide information on the long-range transport of African dust to the Caribbean, North America and the Amazon.