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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 […]

About the Team
Dr T. Alafia Samuels, Principal Investigator Dr Samuels is currently Director of the Chronic Disease Research Centre and Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies and Research in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies. Through work in Public Health in Jamaica and then with PAHO and CARICOM, Dr Samuels has international [...]