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Most people know that consuming a lot of salt is bad for our health. Yet most of us still eat far too much of it, around twice the recommended daily amount. So how do those in the business of social marketing square this circle and get people to cut down on salt, turning awareness into […]
During the recent ‘Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs – Time to Accelerate Action’ Implementation Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago some of the speakers and attendees were asked to give their thoughts on the workshop and their views on NCDs and the way forward. To select a specific video click on the […]
Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs – Time to Accelerate Action
Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs – Time to Accelerate Action Action Plan for NCDs emerges from Implementation Workshop The regional response to the grave threat posed by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) must be intensified immediately if the health, wellbeing and development gains of Caribbean people are to be protected. This was the key message […]
Uniting to Stop the NCD Epidemic – Time to Accelerate Action A “golden opportunity”: Major regional workshop to tackle NCDs starts this week Some 60 leaders, experts and activists in the Caribbean NCD response will meet in Port of Spain on February 24 and 25 to get to grips with the epidemic of diseases, such […]
My name is Tracie-Ann Jessamy and I am 44 years old. In 2014 I had a stroke. Many people believe that it’s only older people who this happens to, but this is not the case. When people look at me they don’t really see someone who has had a stroke. They tell me I look […]
Dr Patrick Martin, the Chief Medical Officer in St Kitts and Nevis, talks frankly about what really needs to be done to tackle the NCD “tsunami”. “There is no doubt in my mind that our people know there is an NCD problem …. However, knowing and doing are two different things. And that’s where we […]
Professor Ọmọwale Amulẹru-Marshall, Chair of Grenada’s NCD Commission explores successes and highlights challenges facing the body as it tries to make a difference in the NCD response. My name is Ọmọwale Amulẹru-Marshall and I am a Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Director of Community Health and Outreach at St. George’s University in […]
Priscilla Prevost of the Seventh Day Adventists in the Eastern Caribbean shares her ideas on the importance of eating well and keeping fit and why promoting public health has been her passion for 20 years. “Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.” 3 […]