NCD Stories
Health in All Polices: Suriname is trailblazing

Health in All Polices: Suriname is trailblazing A Health in All Policies approach seeks to improve overall health and development by integrating health issues into decision-making across all sectors. This collaborative idea chimes well with the oft-repeated mantra that the response to non-communicable diseases has to be truly multisectoral, involving all-of-society, if it is to […]

Jamaica has a ‘man problem’

Jamaica has a ‘man problem’ Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June, 2016:  Sudden, unexpected deaths, especially among middle-aged Jamaican and Caribbean men is often due to undiagnosed and untreated high blood pressure: the number one risk factor for heart attack and stroke in the region and globally. This was one of the stark messages emerging from a […]

We need to do much more on childhood obesity

We need to do much more on childhood obesity to tackle NCDs, says top expert Childhood obesity is a growing problem across the Caribbean and needs to be addressed if the epidemic of non-communicable diseases is to be brought under control, argued Dr Alafia Samuels, Director of the Chronic Disease Research Centre (CDRC) in a […]

Chief Medical Officers to make NCDs a priority

Chief Medical Officers to make NCDs a priority Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) must use their considerable expertise and influence to help drive the non-communicable disease agenda in the Caribbean, according to a top regional expert. At a recent meeting of CARICOM CMOs in Turks and Caicos, Dr Alafia Samuels, Director of the Chronic Disease Research […]

Are you getting enough?

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that adults should all be doing at least 150 minutes a week of “moderate-intensity” physical activity. How many of us actually achieve this target? We visited a park in the heart of Port of Spain, Trinidad, and talked to a range of men and women. Most interviewees (in our […]

Time to step up NCD action, Health Ministers told at WHA

Geneva, Switzerland, May 25, 2016: The Caribbean’s Health Ministers are in a unique position to turn the tide against the region’s growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and need to do much more, a CARICOM meeting at the 69th World Health Assembly heard on Tuesday evening. Hosted by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr […]

Get Women Moving campaign launched on World Health Day

Women in Barbados will be fitter, healthier and less likely to develop diabetes and other non-communicable diseases if the Get Women Moving campaign gets off the ground. Launched during a World Health Day event in the capital Bridgetown on Thursday, the programme is promoting a simple idea: provide inexpensive exercise and dance classes for women […]

Mellissa’s story: diabetes is not the end of me

Diabetes is the focus of World Health Day 2016, marked on April 7. Some 422 million adults around the globe are now living with the disease, including one in five adult Barbadians. 18-year old Melissa is one of them. My name is Mellissa Goodman and I was diagnosed with type1 diabetes about a year ago. […]

Study shows breakthrough in treatment of type 2 diabetes

People with type 2 diabetes can come off medication and maintain non-diabetic blood sugar levels through diet and exercise, according to the landmark Barbados Diabetes Reversal Study. This ground-breaking finding means that it is possible for many to put their diabetes into remission. In order to achieve these results, diabetics need to lose a substantial […]

Saltsmart: Towards a Caribbean Social Marketing Campaign

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 […]

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